Russia will likely invade Ukraine in the coming days and this will probably set back international cooperation for years to come on critical issues such as gas supplies to Europe and the peaceful development of the Arctic
After Crimea, What about Venezuela?
As expected, Russia has annexed Crimea and will have enormous influence on Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk unless he wants to also lose the Eastern half of his country. At issue is that . Without allied support, U.S. President Barak Obama can not threaten military action because he will then look too much like […]
Crimea & Ukraine
As I write, apparently Russian troops are, according to CNN, taking strategic positions in Simferopol, the capital of the autonomous region of Crimea, which has been formally part of Ukraine since 1954. Russian troops are also reportedly being deployed around the Russian bases which have been leased from Ukraine. The provisional Ukrainian government, which was […]