By Michael Haltzel Sunday, June 29, 2014 THE WASHINGTON POST In reacting to Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, President Obama has reassured exposed NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of firm U.S. support, but he has shown little inclination to show needed leadership by putting another integral element of NATO policy on the agenda of September’s […]
By Lord Powell of Bayswater Chairman, Atlantic Partnership Thursday, 19 June 2014 THE TELEGRAPH “Has the West gone soft?” That is the question I and others were asked to address yesterday at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty, hosted by the Centre for Policy Studies – and given recent events in Iraq, it is a […]
By Michael Haltzel Wednesday, 27 November 2013 THE HUFFINGTON POST Ukraine’s decision to freeze its signing of a trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union in favor of a closer relationship with Russia constitutes a stunning triumph for Russian President Vladimir Putin, a major geopolitical defeat for the West, a stinging rebuke to the EU, […]
By William Courtney and Michael Haltzel Tuesday, 6 August 2013 THE HUFFINGTON POST The Snowden affair has thrown Russia into the limelight, but longer-term issues deserve more attention — the country’s swerve toward authoritarian rule and diminishing political stability. The West should distance itself from President Vladimir Putin, support democrats, and prepare for a more […]
By Freddy Gray Saturday, 19 January 2013 THE SPECTATOR LONDON – On Monday, as Barack Obama is sworn in again as President, his allies in the West will ask themselves the same nervous question they posed four years ago: how much does he care about us? The British, in particular, are worried. War looms in […]
