Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has been “extremely upset and shocked at the turn of events” in Ukraine, according to a leading analyst. “I mean Putin was there essentially as the… Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attracted global attention when he rejected a U.S. offer to evacuate, replying defiantly, “The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride.” That response “will… Read more »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on March 3, the West will “get over” its “hysteria” about Ukraine. I am afraid he might be right. And I am afraid of… Read more »
The way a regime treats its own people is often indicative of how it will act toward other nations. Vladimir Putin has provided us with a tragic reminder of this… Read more »
A “limited no-fly zone” over Ukraine would protect established humanitarian corridors for those fleeing the country and “deter Russian bombardment” to protect civilians, says an open letter to the Biden… Read more »
It is up to the West’s democracies to stop another Grozny or Aleppo in Kiev, a leading Ukrainian activist said today. “People in Kyiv are ready to sacrifice their lives,”… Read more »
A coalition of forty Ukrainian civil society groups today issued The Kyiv Declaration, a six-point appeal to the West’s democracies, listing urgent humanitarian and military demands. “There is no free… Read more »
China is increasingly taking the lead in the ideological confrontation with the US over democracy and human rights, with Russia tacitly showing its conformity to Beijing’s philosophy, notes Ahmed Aboudouh,… Read more »
The emergence of China as a regional power in the Asia Pacific has largely negative implications for democratization prospects in the region, according to a new report from the Asia… Read more »
While the world’s eyes are on the diplomatic surge trying to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine, WBUR reports, for Ukrainians themselves, there’s also something else — the feeling… Read more »