Frozen Russian Assets Have to be used for Ukraine Reconstruction
Nov. 30 I woke up to hear the welcome news that EC big wig Ursula Von Der Leyen is committing to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Absolutely…. No brainer. Arguments against are
Weaponizing Winter and Ukraine’s Victory: NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bucharest
The two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meeting that took place in Bucharest against the backdrop of Russian systematic bombardments of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure which have left hundreds of thousan
NATO Summit in Bucharest: Ambiguous Signals for Ukraine’s Future
On Nov. 29-30, a meeting of NATO foreign ministers took place in Bucharest. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba arrived in the Romania capital with his colleagues from the Baltic
High Time to Confiscate Russia’s Central Bank Reserves
Ukraine and its Western friends need to get serious about Russian war reparations. In the short term, only one evident source of reparations exists: the frozen Russian Central Bank reserves in the Wes
Pope Francis Draws Comparison Between Stalin’s Holodomor and Putin’s Invasion
On the day dedicated to the memory of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine – which falls annually on the fourth Friday in November – Pope Francis mentioned the famine in Ukraine with the words: “the ext
Made-in-China Mess
November 28, 2022 What in the world is wrong with China? Months of draconian “zero-Covid” lockdowns have failed and the disease continues to surge, disrupting lives and livelihoods.
Yuriy Shukhevych – A Tribute
I write this memoir about an extraordinary person, not to retell his biography, but rather to pay tribute and express my personal feelings about him from my own interactions, and also to proffer an as
The Tedium of Tyranny
Freedom is about dignity, but it has the simple character of being less tedious than tyranny. That’s a perfectly good reason to embrace it. There are many good reasons why autocratic regimes usually f
“Waiting for Godot” and Recovery in Ukraine
Cultural life is burgeoning in some parts of Ukraine, while in others basic services remain out of reach. Adam and Eve, Isaac Newton, and Steve Jobs have something in common: For all of them the apple
Russia – A Riddle no More, Finally the Harsh Truth (Part 2: Concluded)
Read Part 1 of this Op Ed here. Ignorance, Myopia, Pragmatic Self-Interest, or Plain Cowardice? Even after the Russian bear had used its vicious claws in Ukraine’s Crimea and Donbas and displayed its
The Looming Ghost of Corruption?
The last thing I remember when trying to fall asleep on the night of Feb. 23 – the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – was the sound of Russian propaganda trumpets blowing as loud as ever
Why Sergei Magnitsky’s Death Wasn’t in Vain
It was 13 years ago this month that Sergei Magnitsky was killed in Moscow’s Butyrka prison. Just seven days before he would have had to have been released if he was not brought to trial after almost a
With Putin’s war of aggression approaching its third anniversary, the financial, technological, and demographic hurdles facing the Russian economy are more severe than is commonly understood.
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