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anteed Ukraine's territorial integrity in return for the state giving up its nuclear weapons, the US did not act forcefully to stop Russia annexing Crimea. In each case, there have been different motivations and political considerations. But taken together, these events, and others, have contributed t

llison May 7, 2014 -- The rapid slide from lawlessness to violence that has claimed the lives of more than sixty people in the Ukrainian cities of Donetsk, Slovyansk, and Odessa in the past week sounds alarms that should be heard more clearly in Western capitals. The strategy Washington and the Europe

ho dares disagree. Their demands range from a referendum on the independent status for the region to an outright annexation by Russia, based on the Crimea model. The rabble-rousers' identities are apparently mixed - for example, many of them are local veteransof the Soviet war in Afghanistan while oth

h as the Soviet-era Izvestiya or Pravda, to see the kind of popular pressure Putin has placed himself under: "Putin is a coward. Where is the army? Donetsk is up in flames and we are still idling by the border? What is this lice-ridden russophobe waiting for?" "Were Putin to give up on Ukraine he woul

r= 2014. That sparked a spiraling crisis: a fledgling interim government in Kiev looked on as Russia first seized and t=en annexed the territory of Crimea, a strategic Black Sea peninsula. A pro-Rus=ian separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine, believed to have direct backing f=om Moscow, has led to th

ross=the peninsula last March to aid what was ultimately Russia's annexation of =he territory. A pro-Russian insurgency in the east by the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukraine's industrial hea=tland, is ongoing, despite numerous attempts at ceasefires. K=ev is seeking greater Western military assistan

ry 2014. That sparked a spiraling crisis: a fledgling interim government in Kiev looked on as Russia first seized and then annexed the territory of Crimea, a strategic Black Sea peninsula. A pro- Russian separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine, believed to have direct backing from Moscow, has led to t

oss the peninsula last March to aid what was ultimately Russia's annexation of the territory. A pro-Russian insurgency in the east by the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukraine's industrial heartland, is ongoing, despite numerous attempts at ceasefires. Kiev is seeking greater Western military assistan

ext of helping a "fraternal" ally in Kabul; to Parkhomenko, Putin's decision to couch his military action as the "protection" of Russians living in Crimea is an equally transparent pretext. The same goes for the decorous way in which Putin, on Saturday, "requested" the Russian legislature's authorizat

cow's own terms. The people of the Crimean peninsula were hardly under threat by "fascist gangs" from EFTA00705918 Kiev. In the east, cities like Donetsk and Kharkov had also been quiet, though that may already be changing. That's the advantage of Putin's state- controlled television and his pocket le

t Michael Chertoff Article 4. Washington Post Existential Crisis for Obama Too David Ignatius Article 5. The American Interest Strategy after Crimea Playing Putin's Game Walter Russell Mead Article 6. NYT Egypt's Enduring Passion for Soccer Alaa Al Aswany _ Article 7. WSJ Book Review: 'Temp

nd lingering problems, such as the open wound in Palestine and the tensions in North Korea, Syria continues to disintegrate, Ukraine is shaken from Donetsk to Crimea, and serious tensions are rising between China and its neighbours in the East and South China Seas. More globally, the most recent report