Conflict Resolution & Stabilization | Ukraine
By Craig Charney | Global Observatory | June 5, 2014
In the confused debate on Ukraine’s whirlwind of change since the fall of its pro-Russian president in February of 2014 and Russia’s subsequent takeover of Crimea, one key question has often been lost sight of: what do Ukrainians really want?
Conflict Resolution & Security | Ukraine
By Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times | May 27, 2014 | 2 pages
There was a moment at the height of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 when Soviet ships approached to within just a few miles of a U.S. naval blockade… The crisis in Ukraine was on course to become another case of brinkmanship. And it seems Putin just blinked.