NATO's new mission should be robust, visible and built around two key goals: safeguarding the free flow of maritime traffic in the region (something that Russia's actions have threatened), and bolstering Ukrainian sovereignty by augmenting the military assistance already being provided to the country by the U.S. and Europe.
How to Think About Denuclearizing North Korea
Understanding North Korea’s Internal Strategy
China’s Role in the North Korea Crisis
On the Outside Looking in: Russia and the Korean Peace Process
An Asian Preference for the Status Quo
The effectiveness of American sanctions;
Russia's return to Latin America?;
The problem with Russian polling;
An opening for Moscow in Harare;
Browder back in the Kremlin's crosshairs
China's top man in Macao, RIP;
Beijing, Washington trade verbal barbs;
Keeping a closer eye on China's veterans;
Xinjiang's security spending boom;
Beijing meddling in Taiwan's midterms
In August of 2008, Russia used separatist proxies in South Ossetia to attack Georgian villages near the city of Tskhinvali.