Ukraine - running collection of commentary
"Defiance, Skepticism In Lviv Over Yanukovych-Opposition Deal" (Feb 21)--From Via LJB"The boundaries of the Soviet republics did not follow clean, crisp lines. When the empire fractured into 15...
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Interview: The Benefits Of A Partitioned Ukraine
UkraineInterview: The Benefits Of A Partitioned Ukraine - RFE/RLPrintShare:Related ArticlesĀ Hospitals In Kyiv OverflowingHundreds of people are being rushed to hospitals in Kyiv after being wounded and...
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Ukraine in flames
Ukraine in flamesPutinās inferno - The EconomistThe West must take a tough stand with the government of Ukraineāand with Russiaās leaderCIVIL strife often follows a grimly predictable pattern. What at...
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Will Ukraine Break Apart?
See also the 2005 piece,Ā http://fpif.org/options_for_ukraine/FEBRUARY 20, 2014WILL UKRAINE BREAK APART?POSTED BYĀ MASHA LIPMAN, New Yorker759PRINTMORE3In Ukraineās two decades as an independent state,...
View ArticleDelayed Posting of the Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, Given the...
Dear Readers,Your compiler of the PDPBR has been immersed in the news from Ukraine in the past few tragic days in that country, hence his inability to produce the PDPBR in a timely fashion.Personal...
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February 17-21 Public Diplomacy Review
Abbreviated Edition"Public diplomacy lacks obvious benefits to states."--Ian Hall, Senior Fellow, Australian National University; image fromESSAYAre Political Appointees the Only U.S. Diplomats Who...
View Article5 ways Ukraine may be a game changer
latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0223-garton-ash-ukraine-yanukovich-protest-20140223,0,3245245.storylatimes.comOp-Ed5 ways Ukraine may be a game changerThe stakes are high for Russia, Europe and...
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February 22 Public Diplomacy Review
"[T]he average adult Facebook user has more than 300 friends."--New York Times; image fromPUBLIC DIPLOMACYA U.S.-China Summit Diplomacy Rivalry: With a new summit this year, the U.S. can begin to...
View ArticleA 2003 piece on the toppling of the Saddam statue - indirectly pertains to...
APRIL 10, 2003 The Toppling of the Saddam Statue - CounterPunchby JOHN BROWN"They got it down!"--George W. Bush, as he caught television coverage of a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein. [Washington...
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Russian President (for life?) Vladimir Putin and and North Korean Dear Leader Kim Jong Un, in true friendly Olympic spirit, seek to decide who are the best bodyguards: Russian or North Korean.They...
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A note on Ukraine/Crimea/Aksyonov
Rather surprising that among the Western pundits I've read (and there are so many of them, the pundits!) speculating on Ukraine none of them has mentioned Aksyonov's "Ostrov krym"in connection with the...
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Are Crimeans really Russian nationalists and separatists?
Are Crimeans really Russian nationalists and separatists?Posted on February 24, 2014 by VOSTOKCABLE Ā Via MP on FacebookntWith Ukraineās protests apparently lacking the support of much of the country,...
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Ukraine's crisis: A tale of two countries
Ukraine's crisis: A tale of two countriesFeb 24th 2014, 15:16 by A.O. | KIEV, KHARKIV AND LVIV - The EconomistA REVOLUTION has taken place in Ukraine. It still lacks a name, but the events and their...
View ArticleUkraine vs. Homo Sovieticus
JB note: I doubt if the below article will make its author the winner of a popularity contest among Ukrainian-Americans -- or Ukrainians, for that matter.GLOBAL VIEWUkraine vs. Homo Sovieticus - Bret...
View ArticleWashington Post articles increasingly subscription-bound
For all you internet Robin Hoods out there -- we all know that one way to avoid paying "subscription" fees to gain access to mainstream media articles is simply to copy their titles and paste them on...
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Ambassador Michael McFaul looks back at stint in Russia
Ambassador Michael McFaul looks back at stint in RussiaU.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, who's leaving after two years in Russia, says the two countries cooperated in crucial areas despite chilly...
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February 23-25 Public Diplomacy Review
Abbreviated edition"Soft power advocates ... have been distracted by cutesy projects such as 'gastrodiplomacy,' which may produce a few newspaper articles about the virtues of kimchi or mushy peas, but...
View ArticleA must-read "pundit" piece for anyone tormented/enlightened by history
Known Unto God - Roger Cohen, N YTAny sentient being who walks the byways of northern Europe, so placid now with their glistening poplar trees and villages clustered around church spires, must...
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Column | Do tell, MIT, what exactly is Street-Fighting Mathematics?BY ROB STEPHENSONFrom January to March, the academic calendar is dominated by the admissions process.You can find me this time of year...
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February 26 Public Diplomacy Review
An Even More Abbreviated PDPBR edition, given your PDPBR compiler's following Ukraine's situationĀ (see)"No more ties!"--Former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Stanford Professor Michael...
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