Tuesday during a President Barack Obama and Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte joint press conference, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl asked if the president would admit Mitt Romney was right during the 2012 presidential campaign in claiming
Residents of the city of Donetsk have launched a campaign to secede from Ukraine and join the United Kingdom, in honour of the city’s Welsh founder. The campaign, which was created to parody Crimea’s referendum on joining Russia, tells citizens
In what could be an unprecedented move, Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who ran against Vladimir Putin for president in 2012, plans to move his U.S.-based company, which runs the basketball team, back to Russia after the U.S. levied sanctions on
Amidst the soap opera of Boris vs George vs Theresa and Gove, it would appear that a fervent debate is taking place in the Conservative Party as to the future of its leadership, in the event of the party not
The Ukrainian parliament has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh as thousands of troops left Crimea for the Ukrainian mainland. Addressing parliament, Mr Tenyukh rejected criticism that he had failed to issue clear instructions to troops, many of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. may release Jonathan Pollard to keep Mideast peace talks going Kazakhstan becomes anxious over Russia’s annexation of Crimea How analysts used the Doppler Effect to locate Malaysia flight MH370 U.S. may release Jonathan
The US Senate easily advanced a Ukraine aid package Monday that includes sanctions on Russia, but its controversial inclusion of IMF reforms is likely to stall the legislation in the House. Senators voted 78 to 17 to overcome a procedural
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Republican senators may have helped “Russia annex Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula” by blocking legislation containing new sanctions against Russia prior to a March 14th Senate break. In an AP report, GOP Senate aides noted
Former UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has said that the West’s response to the crisis in Crimea has been less than adequate, stating that “Russians understand consistency and strength and we have not shown either”. Speaking to a meeting
Russia imposed sanctions on 13 Canadian officials and they are not allowed to enter the country. Canada has been one of the most outspoken countries against Russia when they invaded Ukraine’s peninsula. They were also the first to take actions
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the United Kingdom will help NATO secure the Baltic states against Russia. Statements by Russian diplomats and ambassadors raised alarms in Latvia and Estonia and they fear they could be President Vladimir Putin’s next
AP: President Barack Obama delved into a day of delicate diplomacy Monday as he sought to rally the international community around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into Ukraine. (March 24)
Oleksandr Turchnynov, Ukraine’s interim president, ordered the removal of all Ukrainian troops from the Crimea peninsula as Russia seized one of the last bases in Feodosia on Monday. Two soldiers were wounded and 80 detained when Russian troops captured the base.
To date, nearly all of the politicians criticizing the Obama Administration’s plan to hand over supervision of Internet domains to some sort of international organization next year have been Republicans. Now there’s a very notable exception: former President Bill Clinton.
The former Chief of the UK Naval Staff, Lord West of Spithead, has said that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not understand the history of Crimea before speaking out on the issue, and that the European Union was
If your country is invaded by Russia, with thousands of its troops occupying your homeland, don’t expect much from the Obama administration, but if you pass anti-gay laws, the Obama Administration will act faster than you can say “Uganda.” After
During the Cold War, we learned that peace only comes through strength. The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. President Ronald Reagan
The US State Department issued a travel warning to Americans who might travel to Crimea or east Ukraine. Both areas have seen major unrest and could be dangerous since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Pro-Russians in the east have been
With Iran investing in cruise missile technology and Vladimir Putin strengthening his ties to Latin America’s leftist strongholds, American military leaders are struggling to fully meet the threat of a cruise missile attack from the Gulf of Mexico. According to
America won the Cold War against the Soviet Union. However, its economy is beginning to show features of the cronyism that has run rampant in state-run economies which have emerged since then, according to Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer.
Is America ready for its second consecutive Celebrity in Chief? Hollywood helped elect President Barack Obama twice, using its cash, collective marketing muscle and pop culture clout. Now, even as Obama’s popularity craters, he remains beloved by the industry. Comedy
Peter Schweizer, a noted expert on the Cold War and Ronald Reagan’s role in defeating the Soviet Union, said that the United States needs to send a clear message to Russian President Vladimir Putin after his annexation of Crimea that
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said that President Barack Obama’s naiveté and faulty judgment with regards to Russia has led to the current crisis in Crimea and Ukraine. “This is not fantasy land,” Romney said on CBS’ Face The Nation. “This
NATO sent a warning to Russia after Moscow moved more troops to the Ukraine border, but Russia insists they are within international troop limits. NATO fears more troops along the border could be a threat to Moldova and attempt to
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
