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Euro 2012 and the Price of Repression

The Ukranian president's ruthless tactics are isolating what should be a leading Eastern European nation.

What Ends Nuclear Weapons Programs

The neocons are wrong. Sanctions and diplomacy—not the threat of force—induce leaders to give up nukes.

Good Revolutions Gone Bad

Kosovo. Georgia. Ukraine. Now Iraq and Kurdistan. The U.S. must learn not to trust sleazy foreign "democracy promoters."

What Produced U.S. Analysis of the Georgia-Russia War in 2008?

How the Wikileaks documents prove NATO should shut its open-door policy toward Ukraine and Georgia.

Litmus along the Dniester

Can America, Europe and Russia come together to implement the security community promised at the end of the Cold War?

An Opportunity to Reimagine Eurasia

Treating Azerbaijan and other Eurasian countries as pawns in the Great Game has only led to waning U.S. influence.

Atrocities and Their Reverberations

Is Rwanda playing the victim card?

Departing Europe

Rather than whining about the Continent’s military spending, the United States should allow the Europeans to bear the consequences of their actions. That means leaving NATO to the Europeans.

Washington Lucked Out

Viktor Yanukovich could prove to be the best Ukrainian leader America could hope for.

Courting Kiev

Ukraine’s new president isn’t anti-Western. Obama’s low-key approach toward Kiev is our best chance of keeping him that way.

East of Europe

Ukraine’s election results aren’t a repudiation of the West. Kiev will still pursue the middle course it always has, courting both Europe and Russia.

Ukraine's Counterrevolution

The Orange Revolution failed and Kiev is getting friendly with Moscow. So what?

Bridge on the Dnieper

Ukraine should serve as a link between America and Russia—not a point of contention.

DIY Defense

Instead of relying on America to protect them from Russia, Eastern Europeans should build their own military capabilities.

Needy Nations

Biden should have toldUkraine andGeorgia to take their pleas for NATO membership to France and Germany.

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May 25, 2012