I Am the Enemy

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments Even before the election of Donald Trump — and his extraordinary declaration that the media are the “enemies of the people” — U.S. journalism was in trouble. According to Gallup polling, American trust in mass media plummeted from an already low 40 percent in 2015 to a historic low of 32 percent in September 2016. The drop in the trust that Republicans have in the media was staggering:...
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Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments It has all the hallmarks of a compelling thriller. A U.S. president willing to put his reputation on the line in the interests of peace and prosperity prepares to reach out to Russia. The Kremlin shows some cautious interest. But before the president can propose anything substantial, his opponents do everything possible to derail his efforts. Worse, this “deep state” of operatives within...
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The Russian Honeypot

Posted by on Feb 22, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments [I wrote this article about Russian efforts to cultivate Donald Trump as an asset last week for a Korean newspaper where it was published on Sunday. Little did I know that news would break this week of allegations that Russia has a file of damaging information it can use to blackmail President-elect Trump. In that file is information about Trump’s dalliance with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel....
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Stop the Presses!

Posted by on Nov 15, 2016 in Articles, Eastern Europe, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments Imagine that Donald Trump wins the presidency. Then, as he has done throughout his career, he goes after his enemies. He purges the Republican Party of everyone who refused to support him. He initiates criminal proceedings against Hillary Clinton. And he shuts down The New York Times and The Washington Post. It sounds like an unlikely scenario. Even if he does somehow manage to pull his campaign...
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Russia Hacks the World

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Eastern Europe, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments The email trove that WikiLeaks released on the eve of the Democratic National Convention has all the hallmarks of a dirty tricks campaign. The messages reveal, among other things, that the Democratic National Committee tried its best to tilt the electoral playing field in favor of Hillary Clinton. For anyone who has had even the slightest interaction with the Democratic Party — or mainstream...
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Ukraine and Europe: Much Depends on the Dutch

Posted by on Apr 10, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments The future of Europe is being decided this week in the Netherlands. Perhaps you thought that the European Union’s fate would be voted up or down in June, when the United Kingdom holds its referendum on continued membership. The “leave now” constituency in the UK currently holds a four-point lead, though much depends on whether younger British voters who are more EU-friendly will actually...
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