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The plight of Ukrainians living under Russian occupation does not get nearly the attention it deserves. But it should, because conditions for the estimated 3-4.5 million Ukrainians living there are dreadful, and, in some respects, they are deteriorating...
The Iran war highlights why the U.S. Congress needs to urgently revitalize its efforts with respect to Ukraine. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has temporarily...
The Trump administration’s foreign affairs policy has not been beneficial for America nor for the rest of the world, including Ukraine...
For the last year, Ukrainians have shown consistency in working toward a peaceful outcome to the war, but not at the cost of surrender...
When, oh when, will the Trump Administration learn that war criminal Vladimir Putin does not want peace in Ukraine and that the only response to his maximalist demands is maximum pressure?..
In this column, as Russia’s war against Ukraine grinds on with Moscow not relenting on its maximalist demands, I look back at one brief but spectacular moment that came amid a time of hope and change in Moscow...
I recently had the opportunity to spend nearly two weeks in Ukraine. It was my first visit since Russia’s full-fledged invasion and the longest I had been away in my adult life. Until now, every one of my visits since 1990 had been related to my work at the Helsinki Commission or as an international election observer...
I recently had the opportunity to spend nearly two weeks in Ukraine. It was my first visit since Russia’s full-scale invasion and the longest I had been away in my adult life. Until now, every one of my visits since 1990 had been related to my work at the Helsinki Commission or as an international election observer...
Five years ago on August 9, 2020, Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashen¬ka was pronounced winner of a sixth term in what were clearly rigged elections. The real winner was the main opposition candidate, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The widespread and flagrant vote fraud triggered huge street protests...
Although it might not have seemed evident at the time, August 1, 1975, was a milestone date in the history of Europe and, indeed, the world. Following three years of negotiations, the leaders of 35 countries, including U.S. President Gerald Ford and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, signed the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Final Act).
