Tag: Ukraine

"The results of this massive gamble should now be clear to us all: No new order has emerged in the Middle East, only chaos," John McCain said in his opening statement. (AP Photo)

National Security

McCain: Russia’s actions an ‘echo of the Cold War’

Curt Mills · December 16, 2015 6:35 pm

The program to prepare Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State has been dubbed a failure by analysts and lawmakers alike. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

National Security

Why the soldier-training program in Syria failed

Jacqueline Klimas · December 13, 2015 5:01 am

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow. (Joshua Roberts/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry to talk Ukraine, Syria with Putin next week

Nicole Duran · December 11, 2015 8:32 pm

In a statement honoring victims of the Holodomor, Earnest made subtle comparisons between Stalin and Putin. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House subtly links Putin and Stalin

Curt Mills · November 7, 2015 7:52 pm

Putin Straße: Russia’s Road to Ruin

Reuben Johnson · October 29, 2015 2:01 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Obama plays it cool

Washington Examiner · October 27, 2015 7:00 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.Â Kerry said last week that he was planning a visit to the Middle East to help "calm things down."Â (Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry to huddle with Netanyahu, Abbas this week

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2015 8:37 pm

Since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea in March 2014, the Kremlin has ramped up the pressure on NATO as well, especially in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which used to be part of the Soviet Union. (AP photo)

‘The beginning of the end’ of NATO?

Charles Hoskinson · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

"Fourth, maybe, I don't know, Afghanistan. Nobody knows where the Russian ... soldiers can appear," Petro Poroshenko said. (AP file photo/ Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

National Security

Ukrainian president warns Russia violence could spread

Jacqueline Klimas · October 18, 2015 3:12 pm

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether The Donald would visit Russia.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Report: Crimean mayor invites Donald Trump

Ryan Lovelace · October 8, 2015 5:35 pm

A man passes by a poster with an artwork showing Russian President Vladimir Putin as Spanish artist Salvador Dali during the "Putin Universe" exhibition in Moscow, Russia. Artists have drawn the Russian president using 30 heroic themes originating from different countries and world epochs at a two-day exhibition in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates his 63rd birthday on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Washington Secrets

Claim: Putin whitewashing history to boost image, feed ego, target U.S.

Paul Bedard · October 7, 2015 2:07 pm

JoeÂ Biden, with his decades of foreign policy experience, has always been one of the most involved vice presidents when it comes to dealing with world leaders. (AP Photo)Â

Biden’s U.N. schedule fuels presidential speculation

Nicole Duran · September 30, 2015 4:08 pm