If we want the truth, we must have transparency-immediately and completely.
Byron York: Five things that didn’t happen in the Mueller investigation
Even at this early moment, it is possible to note some things did not happen during the Mueller investigation.
Flashback: Dec. 12, 2016: GQ Magazine’s Keith Olbermann: Is There a Russian Coup Underway in America?
“We are at war with Russia,” intoned the former MSNBC anchor.
Matt Taibbi: It’s official: Russiagate is this generation’s WMD
The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it.
The Hill: As Russia collusion fades, Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges
After nearly three years and millions of tax dollars, the Trump-Russia collusion probe is about to be resolved.
Stephen F. Cohen: The Cold War Ides of March
US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia.
Tony Wood: Organization Over Ideals (re: A. James McAdams’s Vanguard of the Revolution)
A political scientist at Notre Dame, McAdams argues that, above and beyond the many local differences in origins and outlooks, the communist party should be understood as a single, globally recurring institution, its structures broadly replicated in a variety of places over time.
Patrick Lawrence: Why the Dust Won’t Settle After Mueller’s Report
It won’t be “full and thorough” and Democrats will continue to look for political payoff from Russia-gate, writes Patrick Lawrence.
PODCAST: Stephen F. Cohen at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council
Professor Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, discuss the new Cold War and how it has been exacerbated by both Washington and the US mainstream media. The discussion was moderated by UCLA professor of political science and Russia expert Daniel Treisman.
Lyle Goldstein: A Forgotten Battle: Fifty Years Ago, Russia and China Slugged it Out
Russia’s commemoration of the Damansky Island battle has been low key, but the few Russian articles that have been published did not pull any punches.
Eurasianet: Kazakhstan’s leader resigns after almost 30 years in power
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced on March 19 that he is resigning, thereby bringing a close to his almost three decade-long rule over the Central Asian nation
USA Today: Poll: Half of Americans say Trump is victim of a ‘witch hunt’ as trust in Mueller erodes
Amid signs that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference may be near its conclusion, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds that trust in Mueller has eroded and half of Americans agree with President Donald Trump’s contention that he has been the victim of a “witch hunt.”
Daniel Larison: The U.S. Shouldn’t Seek New ‘Ideological Confrontations’ Abroad
We are not used to thinking of authoritarianism as a distinct worldview because it isn’t one.
Ted Galen Carpenter: How Will the Growing U.S.-European Split Affect NATO?
Policy recalcitrance on the part of the European allies has been growing for years.
Jeff Carlson: Deposition Reveals Late Sen. McCain’s Role in Spygate Scandal
David Kramer, a longtime associate of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), revealed in an unsealed deposition that he had contact with at least 14 members of the media regarding the Steele dossier—a collection of 17 memos containing unverified allegations against Donald Trump.
Jerry Dunleavy: Christopher Steele used posts by ‘random individuals’ on CNN website in dossier
Former British spy Christopher Steele admitted that he relied on an unverified report on a CNN website for part of the “Trump dossier,” which was used as a basis for the FBI’s investigation into Trump.
Byron York: With Mueller office emptying, dramatic predictions remain unfulfilled
As always, it is dangerous to predict what Mueller will or will not do, but what are the chances that Mueller’s key people are leaving while he is preparing big, new prosecutions?
VIDEO: The New U.S.-Russian Cold War
Professor Nigel Raab moderates a discussion on “The New U.S.-Russian Cold War” with Professor Stephen F. Cohen and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel. (Talks begin at 23:55 mark).
Paul Robinson: Out of the Blue (re: Saakashvili’s latest)
Foreign Policy’s editors should be ashamed of themselves.
Andrey Sushentsov: Geopolitical Acceleration and the New International Reality
There are several long-term trends making the existing system looser and more muddled. These include the rise of Asian countries, primarily India and China, the disorganization of the Western system that took shape after the Cold War, and the emergence of a polycentric world based on an increased autonomy of a growing number of states.