Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 25, 2014

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard near a tank position close to the Russian border

Ukraine Crisis: Is This Cold War Two? -- Mark Urbain, BBC

We overdo the talk of turning points and milestones in covering summits, but, when it comes to the G7 at The Hague, it's very hard to see it in any other terms.

Events in Ukraine have profoundly changed Western perceptions towards Russia and it's very hard to envisage any rapid return to business as usual.

Arriving in the Netherlands for this summit, President Barack Obama said the US and Europe were united in imposing sanctions that would bring "significant consequences to the Russian economy".

Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador in Moscow, wrote on Monday morning that President Putin "embraces confrontation with the West… [and] has made a strategic pivot".

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

'Dear to Our Hearts': The Crimean Crisis from the Kremlin's Perspective -- Matthias Schepp, Spiegel Online

Is this country Russia's next target? -- Will Englund, Toronto Star/The Washington Post

Do sanctions against Russia have any bite? -- Tom Espiner, BBC

If NATO Doesn't Stand Up to Putin, It's Finished -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph

Confronting Putin’s Russia -- Michael A. McFaul, New York Times

Moscow’s Long, Corrupt Money Trail -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast

Next test for Obama: Soothing the Saudis -- Dennis Ross, L.A. Times

Signs of thaw as Obama brings South Korea, Japan to the table -- Justin McCurry, Christian Science Monitor

Suppression and mass trials in Egypt fulfil critics’ worst predictions following last year’s military coup -- The Independent editorial

No Moderation from the Monstrous Taliban -- Max Boot, The Commentary

Don't forget about Venezuela -- CNN

At nuclear summit, Obama calls for global ‘architecture’ to secure materials -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

What would a GOP president do about Ukraine? -- Doyle McManus, Newsday/Los Angeles Times

Nuclear terrorism prevention at a crossroads -- Kenneth N. Luongo and Kenneth C. Brill, Reuters

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