Ukraine is at an impasse. Nothing but diplomacy, real diplomacy that is, can help it cross that bridge. Sanctions, threat of sanction, flexing of muscles, tough talk do much to exacerbate the situation, and the US government believes those are tools of diplomacy. Just a few weeks after the residents of Crimea, Ukraine voted to…
A Successful Alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union brought victory and an end to World War II. However, the alliance didn’t last long. Changes of administration in both the United States and the Soviet Union contributed to the deterioration and the end of a friendly relation. That was the beginning of a…
In light of the crisis in Ukraine, it seems appropriate to bring back a topic that has impacted the US economy for well over a century, wars. It’s not cheap to go to war, however well planned and however short duration it is – there is no war that is of short duration, really.…
The People Branch 