by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 30, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The Turkish military’s downing of a Russian SU-24 was no accident but neither was the Kremlin’s overflight of Turkish territory nor its attacks on Turkmen living in regions of Syria close to the Turkish border. Russian violations of Turkish...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 9, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Didn’t Vladimir Putin turn 63 on October 7? And didn’t the Russian military provide him with a spectacular birthday present – the launch of 26 cruise missiles from the country’s flotilla in the landlocked Caspian Sea that very same day? It was...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 28, 2015 | Monitor
by Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor Update: On October 29, State filed a motion to dismiss my case from Federal District Court. In doing so, it referenced the 2015 OIG Information Report – despite the Court’s ban on the introduction of new evidence. State,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 21, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis New York Times columnist David Brooks must have read James Billington’s Icon and the Ax: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture during summer vacation. The book was a classic in its field and remained so for years after it was first...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 17, 2015 | Monitor
By Lois Woestman, Guest Contributor Dr. Lois Woestman, both a Greek and US citizen, currently works as EU-Liaison Officer at a German university. She previously worked as Lecturer and as EU-Liaison Officer for two universities in Greece, as well as a research/policy...
