Commentary Apparently Canada has a solution to the Ukraine crisis after all. Unfortunately it involves being somewhere else when the trigger, to torture a phrase from Orwell, isn’t pulled. Which won’t save our ally or our credibility. Back in 1994, as it fled the squalid wreckage of the Soviet Union, various nations promised that if Ukraine…
US, Russia Conclude Talks in Geneva With No Major Breakthrough in Sight
U.S. and Russian negotiators on Monday concluded special talks aimed at de-escalating ongoing tensions over Ukraine and a rise in military activity near Russia’s western border. Not much information on the outcome of the bilateral talks, which lasted over seven hours in the Swiss city of Geneva, was immediately released. Senior diplomats on both sides…
NATO-Russia Council Meeting Scheduled for Next Week Amid Ukraine Crisis
The head of NATO confirmed on Tuesday that a special NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting will take place next week as both sides seek to address the developments in Ukraine. “The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has convened a meeting of the NRC on Jan. 12 in his capacity as the Chair of the NRC,” according to…
Russia Holds Military Drill Near Western Border, Practices Repelling Enemy Airstrikes
Russia carried out a large-scale military operation with forces practicing repelling an airstrike by an adversary, according to reports citing the country’s Western Military District on Monday. Valentina Matviyenko, a Russian senator who also serves as the chairwoman of the country’s federation council, assured citizens during a Monday press briefing the Russian border is “effectively…
NATO Chief Seeks NATO-Russia Council Meeting Next Month to Address Developments in Ukraine
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has sought a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting next month to address the developments in Ukraine. Stoltenberg said Sunday that he has contacted Moscow to ensure they will be in attendance for the meeting on Jan. 12. NATO announced earlier this month that the NATO Military Council would meet in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 12–13, 2022. “The…
Putin Urges West to Act Quickly to Offer Security Guarantees
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to move quickly to meet Russia’s demand for security guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine and the deployment of the military alliance’s weapons there. Speaking during a marathon annual news conference, the Russian leader welcomed talks with the U.S. that are set to start in Geneva…
Russia Draws Line on Ukraine Joining NATO
Many national security officials are urging the Biden administration to flatly reject Russian proposals to restrict further NATO expansion, but critics warn that bluster from Washington DC is pushing the United States closer to conflict with a nuclear-armed power. Russia’s Foreign Ministry published a document Dec. 17 of demands it’s made to the United States…
Russia Expects Security Talks With US, NATO to Start in Early 2022
Russia is expected to begin bilateral talks with U.S. negotiators over Moscow’s security guarantees at the start of next year, Russia’s top diplomat announced on Wednesday. “It is agreed that at the very start of next year, bilateral contact between American negotiators and ours will become the first round [of talks],” said Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s…
Poland and Baltic Fear Biden Abandonment to Appease Russia: Experts
There is a growing concern in Poland and the Baltic states that the U.S. will leave them out in the cold to face Russia as tensions between Europe and Moscow grow around the Ukrainian issue. This comes as U.S. President Joe Biden ruled out sending American troops to help Ukraine to confront any Russian aggression and…
Nuclear Missiles Could Be Moved to Europe Absent a NATO Pullback: Russian Official
Citing the resurrection of a U.S. Cold War-era military command in Europe, and NATO’s plans to counter the missile threat from Russia, a high Russian official said this week his country would respond in kind—alluding to the deployment of nuclear-capable missiles into Europe. “The closer such systems appear to our borders, the higher the risks…
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