After former President Donald Trump’s seemingly surprising 2024 election win, many Americans are left with questions about the future of U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding Ukraine. Concerns about the future of American and NATO aid to Ukraine are well-founded. Additionally, ...
In May 2023, at a Republican Town Hall hosted by CNN, former President Donald Trump confidently made this statement about the Russia-Ukraine war: “If I’m President, I will have that war settled in 24 hours,” Trump said. Met with applause, ...
Eastern Europe has been hit hard by inflation in the last year and a half, primarily due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. Since the start of the war, Europe as a whole has ...
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international songwriting competition between European states (and Australia). The competition’s popularity across Europe and beyond has made it a staple of European pop culture, where each country can showcase its cultural heritage through ...
This article was originally published on March 8, 2014. Thomas D. Armstrong Recent op-eds have labeled Putin as a mastermind or a megalomaniac fool. I am of the opinion that Putin is a megalomaniac mastermind exploiting a disempowered US. However, ...
On Feb. 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his citizens about the “fundamental threats” the west poses with the expansion of NATO to Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Three days later, Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine. What started as ...
On March 4, 2022, Russian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, threatening global security and undermining nuclear safety standards. As the largest power plant in Europe and among the largest worldwide, the site has six nuclear ...
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a name that soccer fans should recognize. They are the Ukrainian soccer giant, a team that has dominated the Ukrainian Premier League ever since its creation following the fall of the Soviet Union. But for those ...
The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world, both for its indiscriminate violence against civilians and for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s blatant disregard for national sovereignty. Yet, not every region of the world has reacted to the events ...
On Feb. 24, Russia launched their highly anticipated, yet much dreaded, invasion of Ukraine. The entire world was quickly brought into the conflict: state governments made calculated promises of aid and commercial companies halted operations in Russia as sanctions were ...