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,…
Interview
Brink: Putin Isn’t Ready for Peace – And the World Is Watching
Russia is escalating its war in Ukraine with some of the heaviest missile and drone strikes since the full-scale invasion began in February of…
What Security Guarantees Could Actually Look Like
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) – Former Pentagon official Laura Cooper says a cease-fire is the necessary first step in Ukraine – both to halt…
Carpenter: Can the South Caucasus be complete without Georgia? We’re about to find out
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace declaration at the White House on August 8 creating what’s being called the…
My Russia – Jill Dougherty Reflects on the Opening and Closing of Modern Russia
WASHINGTON — Veteran foreign correspondent Jill Dougherty has covered Russia for more than four decades, from her early work at Voice of America to nearly…
Minerals, Maps, and Mines: Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption and the Kremlin
WASHINGTON—In a recent interview, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Matthew Murray outlined a bold new model of economic statecraft, calling the U.S.-Ukraine…
Panetta: Trump Now Sees ‘You Cannot Trust Putin’
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — President Donald Trump’s recently accelerated deadline for Russian efforts to make peace in Ukraine, at the risk of facing…
Europe’s ‘Mental Prison’ Is Putin’s Advantage, Says German Defense Expert
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — In an interview with Independence Avenue Media, Nico Lange, a former senior official in Germany’s Ministry of Defense and…
There Is No Strategic Vision — Bryza on U.S. Policy in the South Caucasus
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Independence Avenue Media) – As the South Caucasus undergoes rapid political and strategic realignment, former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza offers…
