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That Foreign Policy Debate We're Not Having

William Bradley | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, John McCain, Afghanistan, Missile Shield, Pakistan, Joe Biden, 9/11, Georgia, Iran, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Policy, John Cmcain, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, National Security, Russia-Georgia War, Nato, Sarah Palin, Palestinian, Geopolitics, Central Asia, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Presidential Debate, Politics News
William Bradley

The problem with foreign policy debates is that we end up debating symptoms -- illegal immigration from Mexico, a surge in Iraq -- rather than systems.

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Ukraine's Pro-Western Government Collapses

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ukraine, Ukraine Government Collapes, Ukraine Government Fails, Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yushchenko Ukraine, Politics News

KIEV, Ukraine — President Viktor Yushchenko accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to destabilize Ukraine by encouraging separatists in the Crimea,...

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The Case Against Admitting Georgia and Ukraine to NATO

Chuck Spinney | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vladimir Putin, Nato, NATO Treaty, George H.W. Bush, Ukraine, Russia Georgia War, Monroe Doctrine, Politics News
Chuck Spinney

Bush, like his predecessors, has worked to undo the result and promote a less democratic alternative. Promoting democracy does not matter, because the game has degenerated into unlimited greed.

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Energy Prices: Would Russia Target Ukraine Next?

ClusterStock | Jonathan Kennedy | Posted 08.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Warwire, War, Russia, Ukraine, Oil, Oil Prices, Russia Georgia War, War for Oil, Business News

The Russia-Georgia crisis spooked energy markets, helping to send oil above $120 again. The next target on Russia's newfound "Near Abroad" expansion l...

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, Balance of World Power, Hitler, Czarist Empire, Germany, Washington Post, Natural Gas, Saakashvili, Turkey, Communist Revolution, Czarist Russia, Russia Georgia War, Medvedev, Machiavelli, Tajikistan, Fall of the Soviet Empire, India, Trans-Caucasus Pipeline, The Washington Post, Russian Empire, Free Markets, Nazi Germany, Caspian Sea, World History, Oil Pipeline, Market Reforms, Napoleon, Azeri Chirag Gunashli Oil Fields, Putin, Iran, Kgb, Nato, 1917, Financial TImes, Balance of Power, Ukraine, Missile Defense Shield, Russia, Collapse of the Soviet Empire, Caucasus Mountains, World Power, Kazakhstan, Mikhail Saakashvili, Yeltsin, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Afghanistan, Mediterranean Sea, South Ossetia, Kremlin, Uzbekistan, Mt. Elbrus, Black Sea, France, Czar, Moscow, Georgia, Oil, Soviet Empire, New York Times, Realpolitik, Alexander Yeltsin, China. 1917 Communist Revolution, Cease-Fire, Baku, Shevardnadze, Turkmenistan, Ceyhan, Kygyzstan, Azerbaijan, Sudetenland, Tbilisi, Machiavellian, Balkan, Home News
Judah Freed

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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Georgia on My Mind

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, The United States, Turkey, John McCain, United Nations, Baltic Republics, South Ossetia, Condoleeza Rice, European Union, Iraq, Black Sea, Barak Obama, Nato, Chechnya, Security Council, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Tblisi, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.

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Seth Colter Walls

New Questions Over McCain Campaign Chief's Ties To Ukraine

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Lobbyist, John McCain, Ukraine, Rick Davis, Politics News

How much does John McCain know about his campaign manager's lobbying history and potential current business interests inside Ukraine -- and when did h...

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The Pariah Loophole

Tom Teicholz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Germany, Nazis, Poland, Ukraine, Nazi War Criminals in the United States, The US Justice Department, Nazi War Criminals, Paliw, Leprich, Demjanjuk, Politics News
Tom Teicholz

There is no international law that requires foreign countries to accept or extradite former Nazis. But that does not lift countries' moral responsibility to accept and prosecute these criminals.

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Bush: Leave NATO Alone

Lionel Beehner | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Macedonia, Georgia, Ukraine, Peacekeeping, NATO Expansion, Bush, Albania, Croatia, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

We are bent on recklessly expanding NATO, without giving much afterthought to its overarching mission statement.

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Jessica Simpson Flop Rules The Box Office In Ukraine

People | Brian Orloff | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ukraine, Jessica Simpson, Blonde Ambition, Entertainment News

Is Jessica Simpson the David Hasselhoff of Ukraine? The blond starlet seems to be the toast of the Eastern European nation. Her latest film, Blonde A...

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Ukraine Mine Explosion Kills At Least 30, Scores Missing

AP | Posted 11.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Ukrainian Miners Killed, Methane Blast Kills Miners, Mine Explosion in Ukraine, Ukraine Mine Blast, Ukraine, Ukraine Mine Explosion, Ukraine Dead in Mine Explosion, Home News

A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 33 miners and leaving about 70 others trapped, emergency ...

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Hillary: 1, McCain: 0

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, League of Democracies, Palestine, Muslim Democracy, Iraq, Mccain, Hamas, Democratization, Putin, Foreign Policy, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Venezuela, Security First, Burma, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Ukraine, Neo Con, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Security, Kazakhstan, Bolivia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albright, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Hillary used her Foreign Affairs essay to move her position further away than ever from the Neo Cons' "democratize the world by Monday" position. McCain showed that he forgot nothing and learned less.

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The Rough Road to Democracy

Tammy Lynch | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Orange Revolution, Ukraine, Yushchenko, Politics News
Tammy Lynch

The response of Ukraine's political leaders during and following Sunday's election, will demonstrate how far the country has come on the road to democracy -- and how far it has to go.

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