Stabilizing U.S.-Chinese Relations Written by: Amanda Spencer The relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China is more fragile than at any...
Photo credit: Nicolas Raymond / freestock.ca¹ By Elizabeth Pond Elizabeth Pond argues that Putin's undeclared war on once-fraternal Ukraine has destroyed Moscow's influence on...
by Elizabeth Pond Hawks in Washington are arguing that the West should deliver lethal defensive weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces. At a moment of...
By Elizabeth Zolotukhina January 30, 2015 The crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 (hereafter, MH17) on July 17, 2014 was pivotal to the ongoing conflict...
By Elizabeth Pond Willy-nilly, the Ukraine crisis turned German Chancellor Angela Merkel into the geopolitical as well as financial leader of Europe. President Joachim Gauck,...
Words of Encouragement By Elizabeth Pond They came to celebrate, to mourn, and to warn. Over five days in mid-May global glitterati gathered in...
By Elizabeth Pond Ukrainian desire to be European tragically matured at the wrong time Protests pressing the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to drop the country’s...
By Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller and Dr. Daniela Schwarzer Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its efforts to destabilize the transitional government in Kyiv have reframed the...
By Elizabeth Pond If Russia attacks openly, Ukraine’s military will be no match for Putin’s forces With the situation in Donetsk and elsewhere escalating, and...
By Elizabeth Pond There is a reason for President Barack Obama's plea to Russian President Vladimir Putin today to pull back the massed Russian troops...