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Dec 9, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Dan White
CLOSE X By Dan White Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Russian nuclear saber-rattling, which has threatened the world since the start of the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, recently reached a fever pitch in the wake of authorizations for Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. On Nov.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Maxim Trudolyubov |Dan White
Moscow’s unexpected decision not to prop up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria this time, followed by the regime’s collapse, resonates with Russia’s Cold War–era geopolitical legacy. For decades, Syria was the linchpin of a network of Soviet-backed and Soviet-aligned regimes in the Middle East—a crucial foothold and strategic asset in Moscow’s global rivalry with the West. With Assad’s fall, the last remnant of that Cold War–era network may be on the verge of disappearing.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Dana Kennedy |Kim Eun-jung |Dan White |Michael Schwirtz
Quotes of the Day:A quote from a Judge and Veteran who tells his jurors that jury service is as important as military service to the support and defense of our federal and state Constitutions:“I would like to add one final thought. When you go home and turn on the news tonight, I don't care what channel you watch, someone is going to want to influence you in a certain way.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Dan White
No country makes hyperbolic statements quite like North Korea. So it is easy to dismiss the November 1 pledge by North Korea’s top diplomat Choe Son Hui while visiting Moscow that the country will “always stand firm by our Russian comrades until victory” as just the latest in a long line of exaggerated declarations. This would be a mistake.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Dan White |Elena Davlikanova
Equating political dissent with heresy has become a central tactic of the Russian state, allowing it to silence opposition and enforce ideological conformity based on an orthodoxy of the Russian church and the “Russkiy Mir.” These efforts are not limited to the geographic borders of Russia. Attacks on religions alternative to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have become a key part of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Dan White
For decades, Russia has pursued a policy of “diplomatic equidistance” between South Korea and North Korea. This policy provided Russia with important stakes in the stability of the Korean peninsula. By offering to mediate with North Korea during periods of heightened tension, and enforce sanctions to slow nuclear proliferation, Russia enjoyed access to the thriving South Korean economy and opportunity to influence regional affairs.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Kim Eun-jung |Dan White |Ju-min Park |Seo Ji-Eun
Quotes of the Day:“It's infinitely easier to be against something than to be for something. It takes bravery to be for something, because then you have to defend your position. Be brave.” – Heather Cox Richardson. “The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.”– Kurt Vonnegut"I am in this cause with my whole heart and soul.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Dan White
When 37-year-old Finnish resident Voislav Torden was detained at Helsinki airport last year after various inconsistencies between his Finnish residence permit and Russian passport raised suspicions with immigration officers, a year-long test of the West’s commitment to transitional justice in Ukraine ensued. Dan White is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a former officer in the US Army.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Dan White
Fifteen years of UN efforts to effectively monitor sanctions enforcement on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs were undermined by a Russian veto at the March 28 meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC). The veto killed an annual extension of the UN-mandated panel of experts monitoring compliance with the sanctions imposed on North Korea. Russia’s veto the UN sanctions regime on North Korea.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
gvnews.com | Dan White
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