All the materials marked with tag: Obama
20 December, 2021 Breaking news
'A four-week window': Biden aims to learn from Obama's mistakes with quick moves to deter Putin from invading Ukraine
When the US intelligence community first picked up signs in the fall that Russia could be preparing a new attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden directed his administration to act - and fast.
11 April, 2016 Politics
Ian Brzezinski: "Ukraine has to keep on pressing on its case"
Senior Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on the way American political establishment sees Ukraine today, the stance of the Obama Administration on Russia and expectations of the NATO Summit in Warsaw
2 September, 2015 World
Where is Leadership to be Found?
We can conclude that Putin's fascism and aggression in Europe was stopped, first and foremost, by the courage and heroism of Ukraine. Yet the leaders of the world, namely, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, have responded to the challenge as well
14 May, 2015 World
Michael McFaul: Putin believes that time is on his side: that the West will become disinterested and Ukraine will fail with reforms
Ex-US Ambassador to Russia on the "reset policy", Russia's "resource curse", and main threats of Putin's policy for the West and Ukraine
26 April, 2015 World
Alexander Motyl: "Ukraine is important to the US as a counterweight to Russia"
American historian of Ukrainian descent, Rutgers University Professor on Washington's policy towards Kyiv, Ukraine's image, and the perception of Ukrainian politicians in the US
John Herbst: "The Administration does not understand that Mr. Putin's ambitions are not limited to Ukraine"
US Ambassador to Ukraine in 2003-2006 and currently Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council talks to The Ukrainian Week on factors that shape the United States' foreign policy and why Vladimir Putin must be stopped in Ukraine
1 April, 2015 World
Adrift In Washington
The reasons for American inaction
10 October, 2014 World
Toomas Hendrik Ilves: "We are clearly at the beginning of a period where Russia is a very different partner"
In his interview for The Ukrainian Week, Mr. Ilves draws parallels between transformations of the international order caused by Russia's actions today and circumstances that encouraged the establishment of NATO and EU over 60 years ago, and between the presence of Russian troops on Ukrainian soil today and Soviet occupation of Estonia
15 July, 2014 News
Bloomberg: US ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia unilaterally
The Obama Administration could impose sanctions unilaterally if the EU leaders decide otherwise at the meeting in Brussels on July 16
4 June, 2014 News
Poroshenko will offer a peaceful solution for Ukraine during inauguration
Petro Poroshenko, the winner of the presidential race in Ukraine, will present the plan for peaceful solution for the Ukrainian crisis during his inauguration, he said at a briefing on his visit to Warsaw
21 February, 2014 News
The Guardian: Obama criticizes Putin for Ukraine and Syria
Barack Obama says Putin does not respect the right of Ukrainians and Syrians to basic freedoms, The Guardian reports
Janusz Bugajski: Washington needs to send a strong message to Putin not to interfere in Ukraine's internal affairs or risk repercussions
Thus far the U.S. reaction to the Ukrainian upheaval has been subdued, as the Obama administration evidently fears alienating Russia, which it needs to pursue its Middle East policies. It is time for the White House to specify its options, as Ukraine stands on the brink of outright conflict
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