Tag: Russia
Apr. 21, 2017
Dropping the bomb on Trump’s foreign policy
According to whitehouse.gov, President Donald Trump claims that “peace through strength” will be the premise of his U.S. foreign policy and that this will lead…
Apr. 14, 2017
The Russian tripact
At first glance, Putin looks like a Communist. He was a former KGB agent before the collapse of the USSR — known as the Committee…
Apr. 7, 2017
Has Trump been involved with Russia?
Two Congressional committees, the one in the House at least temporarily sidelined by its chairman, Devin Nunes, are now investigating the question of Russian meddling…
Mar. 10, 2017
To impeach or not to impeach
Almost every day, I get an invitation in my computer mailbox to join a petition calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump. How it is…
Aug. 19, 2016
Doping gives athletes an unfair edge
With the 2016 Rio Olympics now underway, the television screens of sports fans worldwide are filled with images of uplifting victories, crushing defeats and shining…
Oct. 31, 2014
Saudi Arabia attempts to undercut Russian oil
Oil prices collapsed in 1985 after the Saudis could not continue to perform the role of swing producer, which considerably squeezed their oil productions and…
Oct. 31, 2014
Moldovan Ambassador lectures on E. Europe’s current state
Moldovan Ambassador to the United States Igor Munteanu spoke at Drexel University Oct. 28, lecturing on the precarious position of many states in Eastern Europe,…
Aug. 22, 2014
Here comes the new Cold War
The ongoing and ever-worsening crisis in Ukraine, which began last November when then-President Viktor Yanukovych chose to accept a generous aid package offered by Russia…
Mar. 7, 2014
Catastrophe in Crimea
Russian troops have established control over most of the Crimean peninsula, a sizable portion of eastern Ukraine that juts out into the Black Sea, since…
Mar. 7, 2014
Uneasiness in Ukraine
The double standard in American politics has rarely been on more visible display than in the current crisis in Ukraine. Put the shoe on the…