by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jun 11, 2014 | Monitor
Gas row: Ukraine ‘won’t fall into Russian gas trap’ BBC News Ukraine has rejected a deal to decrease the price it will pay on a disputed Russian gas debt during long-running price negotiations.Ukraine said that an offer from Russia of a discount of...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
Speaking at a press conference Wednesday in Warsaw, Poland, President Obama stated that the US needs to stand “solidly behind” Ukraine as it moves into this new stage of its leadership. These remarks came during a two-day ceremony to celebrate 25 years of Polish...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | May 30, 2014 | Monitor
In his West Point commencement address on Wednesday, President Obama outlined a broad foreign policy vision for a 21st century America, which included several key shifts in national security strategy. After reaffirming that terrorism remains America’s greatest...