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Deterring a European War
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This WSJ editorial in September 2014 describes the Russian threat to the NATO alliance and the nations bordering Russia in Eastern Europe. This follows the Russian army's intervention in the Ukraine-Russia border regions in the end of August and early September 2014.
Germany's chancellor Merkel's efforts to mediate in the Ukraine crisis and the call for a "persistent NATO presence" in the Baltic states- Sept. 2014
08/19/2014
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German Leader Emerges as Key Figure in Ukraine Talks
New York Times 08/19/2014
Ukrainian and Russian Leaders Will Meet as Rebels Continue to Falter
New York Times 08/19/2014
Merkel Seeks to Defuse Ukraine Crisis as Convoy Returns to Russia
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2014
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Ukraine Ends ‘Nonaligned’ Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2014
The NATO Alliance following the crisis in Ukraine and Russian takeover of Crimea
03/06/2009
Grouped Articles
Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance
New York Times 03/26/2014
Jens Stoltenberg, Ex-Norway Prime Minister, Is Named Head of NATO
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
NATO to Firm Up Its Presence in Eastern Europe as It Halts Cooperation With Russia
New York Times 04/01/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
Obama Weighs Reviving Nuclear Pact as NATO Moves to Engage Russia
Wall Street Journal 03/06/2009
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Friedman on why Putin blinked when he realized the costs of impulsive emotional policy making for Russia's economy and his legacy of economic progress
05/27/2014
Putin's early reactions to Yakunovych, corruption and poor leadership in Ukraine, and anti-Russian feeling in western Ukraine, were emotional and impulsive. The Crimean takeover was perceived very differently and gained Putin poor media coverage in Germany after decades of effort in building German-Russian relations, surely not worth what was gained in Crimea. The capital outflows estimated to reach $160 billion at one point and the damage to foreign investment sentiment at a time of sharp economic slowdown must rate as one of the poorest displays of policy making, when Russian speaking Ukrainians could be protected without damaging Russia's image and relations with western partners. Relationships needed for modernization of what is still an emerging market in a global economy. Even in a multipolar economic world with China, Russia playing a bigger role, other competing players Japan and India, would dilute any influence gained by China, and by Russia, and no change in the global economy. A more serious effort would be for Putin to have pushed to give Russia a more effective economic role by diversifying to a tech based economy, away from oil, something that still awaits Russia under some future leadership and party.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/27/2014
This Is Just a Date, Not a Marriage
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2014
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/2014
Raising Stakes on Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions
New York Times 07/16/2014
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Germany's response to the Ukraine crisis
05/12/2014
As chairman of the Nordstream Pipeline company, Schroeder, is in favor of good German relations with Russia and Putin. Here he responds to criticism of his relations with Russian president Putin. Schroeder cites the horrible situation of World War II and suffering inflicted on Russians. Schroeder lost his father in the war. Putin is the only surviving child of a mother who barely survived the German siege of Leningrad in 1941-1944, when 641,000 Russians died of starvation in the city.
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Former German Chancellor Schröder Defends Birthday Bash With Putin
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2014
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble: Prepared to Raise Pressure on Russia
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Ukraine’s Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
New York Times 05/26/2014
Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Putin Tells European Official That He Could ‘Take Kiev in Two Weeks’
New York Times 09/02/2014
Germany's finance minister Schauble and Germany's response to Russia in the Ukraine crisis
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble: Prepared to Raise Pressure on Russia
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Q&A With German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Ukraine Crisis Takes Toll on Germany’s Economy, Powerhouse of the Eurozone
New York Times 08/12/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Making Merkel Wait, Finding Time for Truffles
New York Times 10/17/2014
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Meets With Vladimir Putin
New York Times 11/19/2014
Russian intervention in Ukraine and U.S. commitment to Poland and other nations of Eastern Europe
06/05/2014
Grouped Articles
Obama Pledges to Stand by Eastern European Nations
Wall Street Journal 06/05/2014
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Putin Tells European Official That He Could ‘Take Kiev in Two Weeks’
New York Times 09/02/2014
In Hope and Defiance, Voters in East Ukraine Go to Polls in Rebel Elections
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
The Baltic States- Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, NATO and Russia in 2014-2017
09/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
As Crises Pile Up, a President Sticks to His Deliberative Approach
New York Times 09/06/2014
Finland feeling vulnerable amid Russian provocations - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/24/2014
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
After Period of Skepticism, Lithuanians Warm to the Euro
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2014
Russian intervention in Georgia to support ethnic Russians and the foreign policy implications.
08/12/2008
Would this mark a return to a Cold War atmosphere. It would not. What it does is mark the limits to what Russia sees as American and NATO efforts to integrate the formerly Soviet countries of Ukraine and Georgia into NATO and the European Union. Even this is not certain as it may be Putin's response to NATO intervention in Kosovo inside Serbia.
Grouped Articles
Georgia Vote Cements Old Leader's Fall
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
Deeply Bound to Ukraine, Putin Watches and Waits for Next Move
New York Times 02/23/2014
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
The Russian army's intervention in September 2014 in the Ukrainian border region changing the nature of the conflict
09/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Ukraine's Volunteer Soldiers Face Unexpected Foe
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Clemens Wergin of the Die Welt newspaper group in Germany on German public opinion in the Ukraine crisis and views of Russia
05/05/2014
Wergin reflects on German views of Russia in the twentieth century and today. Intertwined in how German public opinion views Russia is the economc relationship built since the 1990's with Russia, similiar to the relationship between the U.S. and China, designed to mutually benefit both sides in a global economy.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/05/2014
Former German Chancellor Schröder Defends Birthday Bash With Putin
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2014
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble: Prepared to Raise Pressure on Russia
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Ukraine’s Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
New York Times 05/26/2014
New York Times 05/27/2014
German Leader Emerges as Key Figure in Ukraine Talks
New York Times 08/19/2014
Germany's economic relations with Russia and approach- supported by public opinion -of diplomacy and dialogue with Russia during the Ukraine crisis in 2014-2015
03/03/2014
Grouped Articles
As Prime Russian Trading Partner, Germany Appears Crucial to Ending Crisis
New York Times 03/03/2014
As Prime Russian Trading Partner, Germany Appears Crucial to Ending Crisis
New York Times 03/03/2014
Western Businesses in Russia, Watchful and Wary
New York Times 03/07/2014
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
Siemens Chief Meets Putin in Russia
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2014
Germany's Angela Merkel Treads Softly With Russia's Putin On Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 04/08/2014
How the West sees Russian intervention in Ukraine and the takeover of the Crimea
01/05/2009
The views of former Defense Secretary Gates, president Obama, and others.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
Pride, Prejudice and Putin's Predation
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
New York Times 05/27/2014
‘America Must Always Lead,’ Obama Tells West Point Graduates
New York Times 05/28/2014
The U.S. and Russia's intervention in Ukraine
03/01/2014
Grouped Articles
A History Lesson That Needs Relearning
New York Times 03/01/2014
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
Pride, Prejudice and Putin's Predation
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
In Cold War Echo, Obama Strategy Writes Off Putin
New York Times 04/19/2014
U.S.-Russia Relations Come Full Circle After Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2014
The Baltic States, Lativia, Lithuania and Estonia during the Second World War and under Soviet occupation
08/15/2010
Accounts of a grim period in the history of the Baltic countries from 1940 to the end of Soviet rule.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/16/2013
Resentment Over Soviet-Era Policies Drives Estonian Citizenship Law
New York Times 08/15/2010
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
After Period of Skepticism, Lithuanians Warm to the Euro
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2014
U.S. Is Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in Eastern Europe
New York Times 06/13/2015
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