by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 6, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis After the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, the Russian Federation was left with much of its territory but far fewer of its ethnic minorities. Within Russia, most minority regions became republics along the lines of those lost. At the time,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Dec 10, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Last week, Montenegro, that tiny mountainous country, population of about 662,000 on the Adriatic Coast between Bosnia and Albania, was invited to join NATO. The invitation had been nine years in the making. (Montenegro map 2015 from...
by Anil Powers | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Russia Accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of Involvement with ISIS Oil Trade Alexey Eremenko, F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally...
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 Ricky Gandhi | Nov 30, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Obama urges climate deal as U.N. summit opens in tense Paris Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today President Obama urged his fellow world leaders on Monday to reach a landmark deal to curb global warming before it dooms the planet. At NATO, Turkey remains defiant over...