Crisis in Ukraine

Since the very beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, many Western commentators have drawn comparisons between the present situation and pre-WWII Europe, as well as between Hitler and Putin. This has ...

To understand why Russian President Vladimir Putin has been willing to escalate tensions in the Ukraine even after ...

Russian Affairs specialist Nicolai Petro reports that Ukrainian officials are using this first military move as political tool ...

Kyiv is fighting to regain control over the eastern region of Ukraine, with news of troop buildups and ...

The Ukrainian government has announced that it will mount a full-scale military operation to regain control of the ...

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting at Russia's request Sunday amid growing violence in eastern Ukraine. ...

Europe’s neighbourhood is in flames. To the south, the optimism provoked by the Arab spring quickly gave way ...

Clashes like these in Ukrainian cities are an almost regular occurrence since Russia's annexation of Crimea last month ...

Russian scholar Nicolai Petro says the eastern part of Ukraine feels like it does not have a voice ...

According to commentators, sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union are pushing Russia toward a recession.

Ukraine appears to be heading towards another crisis. Protests in the eastern cities of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk ...

The overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych’s government and Russia’s occupation and annexation of Crimea have been reported through an ...

The situation in Ukraine remains tense, yet the odds are that it will now stabilise. It is unlikely ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has reportedly stopped having contact with Russia, because of the ...

At a news conference at the end of Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague on March 25, President ...

The leader of the Crimean Tatars is proposing that the 300,000 strong Muslim minority group form an autonomous ...

After a four-nation tour that started in Europe and ended in Saudi Arabia, the song remains the same ...

U.S. policymakers have long abided by the idea that economic sanctions are an effective means of promoting policy ...

When Crimean voters decided to secede from Ukraine and unite with Russia, what role did international law play ...

Despite the considerable strains in their partnership, the US and Russia remain linked by many important security issues.

As pro-Russian forces surrounded a Ukrainian-held air force base in Crimea, two lieutenants stood side-by-side and tied the ...

“In the information age, success is not merely the result of whose army wins, but also of whose ...

The March 16 referendum on whether Crimea should become part of Russia, or remain Ukrainian, won’t reveal any ...

In all likelihood, a referendum will take place in Crimea on Sunday, March 16.

The Russian media and ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are striking in their attempts to rewrite events in ...

The US pays Russia to take astronauts into space. With the crisis in Ukraine, what if Russia decided ...

The founding fathers of the Paralympics must be turning in their graves. The Sochi Paralympics is the latest ...