by Dan Day | Jul 24, 2014 | Monitor
The downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 last week over eastern Ukraine, largely suspected to be the work of pro-Russian separatists, represents the culmination of what has now become the most significant rise in East-West tensions since the collapse of the Soviet...
by Dan Day | Jul 22, 2014 | Monitor
Ukraine Crisis Ukraine Says Russian officer pushed the button to shoot down MH17 Josh Levs, Kyung Lah, Holly Yan / CNN As bodies from Thursday’s air disaster reached a facility Tuesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the Ukrainian government ratcheted up its...
by Dan Day | Jul 10, 2014 | Monitor
Retired U.S. Army general David Petraeus recently outlined the potential national security benefits that can accrue from the success of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade deal currently being negotiated between 12 Pacific-rim nations, most...
by Dan Day | Jul 8, 2014 | Monitor
For the 6th year, the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) will take place July 9-10th between key commerce and foreign policy officials from Beijing and Washington in an attempt to open up investment and trade opportunities between the world’s two...
by Dan Day | Jul 7, 2014 | Monitor
Ukraine tycoon pleads for city’s safety after rebels vow to make stand Richard Balmforth / Reuters Ukraine’s richest man pleaded with the government on Monday not to bomb Donetsk, a city of a million people where hundreds of heavily armed pro-Russian...