Jiri Valenta
ARTICLES BY: Jiri Valenta
Putin Comes for Ukraine — and America
In May-June 2021, many feared the worst as Vladimir Putin alarmed both Ukraine and NATO by conducting a massive deployment on Ukraine’s borders. Was this a...
Ukraine, Russia and the West: Could War Erupt?
Having used brutal force to crush nationwide demonstrations in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin has now embarked on a new venture....
Belarus Needs Peaceful US Engagement
A CIA assessment of Vladimir Putin’s views and policies concluded that he and his Kremlin apparatus clearly favor Donald Trump over Joe Biden in the...
How Kremlin Coups Led to Democratic Revolutions
In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev was under pressure from the fundamentalist communist leaders of East Germany and Czechoslovakia to take action against the reform-minded leaders...
Venezuela: The Mafia State
In an op-ed in The New York Times on June 11, Abraham F. Lowenthal and David Smilde proposed a humanistic vision for the Oslo negotiations between representatives of...
Stopping Russian Aggression and Applying the Monroe Doctrine to Venezuela
The Monroe Doctrine, first articulated in 1823 by President James Monroe, was designed to protect the Americas from foreign threat and intervention. The Doctrine has a...
If Trump Opposes Russia, He Must Get Their Military to Leave Venezuela Immediately
The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, as reported by The Moscow Times, states that Russia is considering deploying strategic bombers full-time in Venezuela. The outlet also reports that...
The Lessons of the Munich Agreement — 80 Years Later
In discussions of international relations, the Munich Agreement, which marks its 80th anniversary this fall, has become synonymous with the perils of appeasing megalomaniacal tyrants....
The Lesson of the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia: Never Surrender
The 50th anniversary of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia is upon us. Before the invasion, Czech leader Alexander Dubcek received suggestions on how to respond...
