As President Joe Biden and Western leaders seek to defuse a potentially catastrophic war in eastern Europe, a handful of primarily right-wing American political figures are slamming the Western response and even praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to send troops into Ukraine—former President Donald Trump being the most prominent among...
Zelensky to EU Leaders: “This Might Be the Last Time You See Me Alive”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders "this might be the last time you see me alive" during a video conference on Thursday night, two European sources briefed on the call told the news site Axios. The Pentagon has warned that Russia's primary aim appears to be to encircle Kyiv and...
Putin’s Wish and the Consequences He Can’t Control
Vladimir Putin decided to recognize two regions in eastern Ukraine as independent breakaway “republics” and immediately ordered Russian troops into those territories to carry out “peacekeeping” functions. A better term would be “tornaway republics” since Putin has been waging war there for years. Regardless, Putin should be careful what he wishes...
Ukraine President: ‘The War is a Big Disaster’
On Wednesday, as Russia prepared to attack Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an emotional address to his nation. "We know for sure that we don’t need the war. Not a Cold War, not a hot war. Not a hybrid one," Zelenskyy said. "But if we’ll be attacked by the [enemy]...
How Biden Is Working to Save Putin’s Pipeline
President Biden’s national security team worked hard this week to defeat a GOP congressional effort to sanction a Russian-German energy project that will strengthen the hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin and weaken Ukraine at the worst possible time. This is only the latest in a series of moves that...
Why Vladimir Putin and His Entourage Want War
Anywhere you turn in Moscow, it's easy to find members of the Russian elite who wonder why the West thinks that war in Ukraine is the Kremlin’s preferred course of action. Even if the Russian army managed to force Kyiv into a swift and humiliating defeat without too many casualties,...
Former Top Trump Russia Adviser Details the Sharp Contrast Between the Former President and Biden
Fiona Hill has a special vantage point on this slow-rolling crisis that US officials say could bring war in Europe at any moment. As a White House national security aide, she advised then-President Donald Trump on Russia and Ukraine – and became a star witness in impeachment proceedings that resulted...
Vast Leak Exposes How Major Bank Served Strongmen and Spies
The client rosters of Swiss banks are among the world’s most closely guarded secrets, protecting the identities of some of the planet’s richest people and clues into how they accumulated their fortunes. Now, an extraordinary leak of data from Credit Suisse, one of the world’s most iconic banks, is exposing...
The Red State Model for a Post-Pandemic Economy
With a pro-tax Democrat in the White House and a lockdown-induced recession in the rearview mirror, a new clash among the states is breaking out. While several Democratic strongholds have imposed big tax increases, claiming fiscal stress and the need for “equity” in taxation, a group of Republican-led states has...
Biden’s Regulators Empower Putin
We live in strange and contradictory times. President Biden is trying mightily to deter a Russian invasion in Ukraine at the same time his regulators are working to give Vladimir Putin more leverage over global energy supplies. The climate obsessions of the left have already raised energy costs for hundreds of...