Ukraine Crisis: Is Russia Done After Crimea? -- Marie-Louise Gumuchian, CNN
(CNN) -- Across Ukraine's eastern border, Russian troops continue massing. Kiev fears it may be an invasion force ready to push into Russian-speaking communities in eastern Ukraine. Others are concerned that Moscow's expansion plans may not stop at Crimea and that other former Soviet states may follow.
NATO's top commander has voiced worries Moscow's forces could roll into Moldova's separatist region Transnistria on the opposite side of Ukraine. Since Moscow annexed Crimea last week, many of the half-million people in that small, impoverished region have renewed calls to join the Russian Federation, too.
Will other regions in Ukraine or Moldova be the next West-East Europe flashpoint?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
A Ukraine War Would Spell Disaster For Russia -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Why the Kosovo “precedent” does not justify Russia’s annexation of Crimea -- Ilya Somin, Washington Post
Dancing with the Bear: Merkel Seeks a Hardline on Putin -- Spiegel Online
Afghanistan Is No Vietnam -- Michael O'Hanlon, National Interest
Defying the Taliban, Afghans Head to the Polls -- Marc Grossman, Real Clear World
America's interests lie with Abe's new Japan -- John H. Makin, Nikkei Asian Review
Turkey Twitter Ban: How 1.1 Million People Are Getting Around It -- Keith Wagstaff, NBC
Twitter ban is the least of Turkey's woes -- David Frum, CNN Contributor
Libya is a disaster we helped create. The west must take responsibility -- Owen Jones, The Guardian
Did Nigeria massacre innocents and call them 'Boko Haram'? -- John Campbell, Christian Science Monitor
Crisis in CAR: forgotten - now ignored? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera
French politics: Marine Le Pen's triumph -- The Economist
What Happened to MH370? 'The Biggest Mystery Since Amelia Earhart' -- Spiegel Online
What's next in the Malaysia Flight 370 investigation -- Gary Stoller, USA TODAY
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