The Global Atlas

Ukrainian leadership must be very weary these days. It was reported yesterday that Russia has again escalated its conflict with Ukraine by...

There is a new sense of urgency in Ukraine this week, as a major rebel offensive has shattered the five-month ceasefire agreement and brough...

A pro-Russian separatists looks at the crash site. Courtesy Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev. When I looked at my computer yesterday afternoon, I c...

My colleague Colin Wolfgang recently addressed the perceived shortcomings in Pres. Obama’s foreign policy, many of which speak to legitima...

In his commencement speech at West Point on Wednesday, President Obama addressed much of the criticism that has been thrown his way recentl...

Not with a bang but a whimper, international tensions appear to have shifted away from the Ukraine, leaving regional powerhouse Russia and ...

The powderkeg that is the northern Black Sea right now has been thoroughly reported on recently. As it stands this week, Russia has situate...

By Guest Contributor Joel Klein MA Candidate in International Affairs, Boston University Kerry and Lavrov face off Recently my fell...

As the crisis in Ukraine enters its fifth month since ousted President Viktor Yanukovych turned down an EU association deal in November, Ru...

By Colin Wolfgang Many saw last week’s deposition of Ukrainian President Yanukovich as a triumphant display of positive change stemming...

Foreign policy priorities and powerful interests oftentimes play out in the media (1). Broadly speaking, from the selection of news stories...

Ukraine finds itself in a precarious situation these days. For weeks, there have been protests even bigger than those during the...