Europe’s Crisis in Ukraine
by Carl Bildt How Ukraine’s profound crisis will end is impossible to predict. We in the European Union and the United States are doing what we can to secure a peaceful transition to a more stable...
View ArticlePutin’s Reality Check for Europe
by Joschka Fischer For far too long, the West has harbored illusions about Vladimir Putin’s Russia – illusions that have now been shattered on the Crimean peninsula. The West could (and should) have...
View ArticlePutin’s Calculus
by Joseph S. Nye, Jr.CAMBRIDGE – By most accounts, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the winner in the Ukraine crisis, at least so far. His annexation of Crimea, which Nikita Khrushchev...
View ArticleEurope should be wary of the official “U.S. position” on Ukraine
by James George JatrasWith the declaration this week of a “Donetsk Republic” and pro-Russian activists’ seizure of public buildings in Lugansk and Kharkov, the European Union is once again presented...
View ArticleKennan’s Revenge
by Robert SkidelskyLONDON – Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that gas giant Gazprom would start demanding payment a month in advance for the supplies that it sells to...
View ArticleThe Road to Slovyansk
by Yuriko KoikeThe Ukraine crisis has demonstrated that one person alone can endanger world peace. But that one person might not be Russian President Vladimir Putin, who in reality only leads a large...
View ArticleEurope’s Act in Ukraine’s Tragedy
by Joschka FischerBERLIN – Grand political strategy and everyday experience often have a lot in common. Try, for example, to swallow a salami whole, and you will probably choke to death. In the world...
View ArticleWhy Ukraine’s elections do matter
by Frank MaxwellCan Ukraine be saved from its seemingly endless rounds of internal turmoil? Over the weekend, we witnessed what can be safely called a travesty of democracy and rule of law, in the form...
View ArticleEurope’s Ukrainian Lifeline
by George Soros Last weekend’s European Parliament election and presidential election in Ukraine produced sharply contrasting results. Europe’s voters expressed their dissatisfaction with the way that...
View ArticlePutting Europe Back Together
by Didier BurkhalterWe are nearing the end of one of the most volatile years of this young century. Crises in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine, the spread of Ebola, and instability in the South China Sea have...
View ArticleSwitzerland to pay Hamas salaries in Gaza Strip
by NEOnline | TBSwitzerland is behind a new plan to reconstruct the Gaza Strip and has reportedly agreed to pay the salaries of thousands of Hamas operatives. This is according to Palestinian officials...
View ArticleRussia and Uzbekistan reportedly helping guard Turkmenistan’s border
by NEOnline | TBRussia and Uzbekistan have reportedly sent troops to Turkmenistan to help the country’s border guards deter militant incursions from Afghanistan.According to an unconfirmed report...
View ArticleWill Norway divest from Indian firm to protect indigenous in Peru’s Amazon?
by NEOnline | TBNorway could decide to divest from Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries after a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global. The reason:...
View ArticleTajikistan to build city in the sand
by NEOnline | TBAn entire city will soon be built in a desert area in the north of Tajikistan in order to provide housing and jobs for hundreds of thousands of people.Tajikistan’s President Emomali...
View ArticleHadron Collider back at work
by NEOnline | GKThe biggest particle smasher in the world, Hadron Collider is back at work after a two-year upgrade.“After two years of intense maintenance and several months of preparation for...
View ArticleNorway worried about Russian ships in former Arctic naval base
by NEOnline | TBThree Russian ships have been docked all winter along a strategically important coastline at the Olavsvern Naval Base located in mountainous terrain near the Norwegian town of Tromsoe....
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UBS to set up Blockchain lab in London
by NEOnline | TBThe Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) is planning to conduct research on Blockchain technology at a London-based innovation lab and accelerator, Level39.According to UBS Chief Information...
View ArticleA million Ukrainians seek safety in Russia in a year, says Moscow
by NEOnline | KTAlmost a million Ukrainians have sought safety in Russia during the last year, according to the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS)The total figure of the citizens from the...
View Article‘Albania and Kosovo will one day unite’
by NEOnline | TBAlbania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama was accused by Serbia of “banging the war drums” over Kosovo when he said the unification of this majority-Albanian former province will one day unite...
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