Georgia Turning Into ‘Full Totalitarian State,’ US Lawmaker Says
Republican Representative Joe Wilson, co-chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, says Georgia is moving step by step toward a full totalitarian state. In an…
Kartlos Sharashenidze
Kartlos Sharashenidze is co-founder, executive editor, and Georgian Service managing editor of Independence Avenue Media, with expertise in U.S. foreign policy and Eurasian geopolitics. A former documentarian and reporter at Voice of America, he got his start in his native Georgia at Georgian Public Broadcaster and Imedi TV.
What Ukraine Can Achieve in Peace Talks: A Military Expert Explains
“A dead end” is how retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert (Bob) Hamilton described the U.S.-led process to achieve peace in Ukraine. The American initiative,…
Dead Ends, Divided Allies: A US Military Expert on the Ukraine Peace Talks
“A dead end” is how retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert (Bob) Hamilton described the U.S.-led process to achieve peace in Ukraine. The American initiative,…
Ukraine, NATO, and the War of Wills
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy misses critical opportunities to confront what he calls…
Former US Ambassador Daniel Fried: Only Pressure on Russia Can Break Peace Deadlock
WASHINGTON — Retired U.S. Ambassador Daniel Fried said the Ukraine peace effort has stalled not because of Kyiv or the West but because “the…
Russia Is Stalling Peace Talks, Says Ex-US Assistant Secretary of State
Veteran diplomat Daniel Fried breaks down why the Kremlin is blocking meaningful progress in the Ukraine peace talks. Speaking with Independence Avenue Media, he…
Former US Ambassador: Trump Can Stop Putin if He’s Willing
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — Russia continued its campaign of aggression against Ukraine on Wednesday, bombing a kindergarten in a deadly barrage of drone…
Herbst: Trump Could Persuade Putin with American Strength
Ambassador John E. Herbst, Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, discusses President Trump’s evolving approach to…
Steve Yates: China’s Ukraine Role Demands Western Unity
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — China’s growing involvement in Russia’s war in Ukraine is drawing close attention from U.S. policymakers, according to Steve Yates,…
