For years, Jonas Ohman, who founded the Blue/Yellow NGO after Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, believed the West considered Ukraine as “a nuisance.” He believed he understood the constant Russian threat to Ukraine, but the West under-appreciated the danger. Russia’s…
The late and colorful New York Mayor Ed Koch used to say, “We have a saying in New York: a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.” You can add an entire nation mugged by reality: Finland. Throughout the…
India has thus far not condemned the Russian Federation, nor has it criticized President Vladimir Putin for the barbaric invasion of Ukraine, its sovereign neighbor and former republic of the Soviet Union. Why is India on the sidelines making so…
In recent years, the typical American household has spent around 5 percent of its pre-tax budget on gasoline. Apart from housing, food, and transportation — the actual cost of vehicles and their insurance — petrol is an essential item on…
I’ve known Ukrainians my entire life. My parents’ circle of post–World War II émigré friends included a few mixed marriages. In one case the two children of one such lively marriage saw the daughter follow her father and identify as…
Joe Biden named inflation “my top domestic priority” on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an annual consumer price index of 8.3 percent for April. The president’s top domestic priority also ranks first in terms of his…
It might be too early to draw specific tactical and operational lessons from the war in Ukraine but one strategic trend has already emerged. In its wake, nuclear saber-rattling has become an almost daily event. Indeed, it could be hypothesized…
Many pundits are prattling about the future of the NATO alliance. They proscribe revitalization of the alliance through more military exercises close to Russian territory and the achievement of strategic victory over Russia without confrontation. One column that appeared recently…
Biden-era lockdowns, quarantines, and supply chain shortages blamed on COVID have transmogrified into runaway inflation, soaring prices, and a looming recession. Some blame the Chinese, some blame President Trump, and some blame Vladimir Putin. Personally, I blame Biden, and it’s…
