Ukraine
Total 7 Posts
Russia’s cabinet resigns and it’s all part of Putin’s plan.
5 min read
Russia’s cabinet resigned Wednesday, and it looked like an unexpected move. But Dr Regina Smyth says it is part of a plan by leader Vladimir Putin to maintain power after he leaves office.
What conspiracy theories have in common with fiction — And why it makes them compelling stories.
5 min read
How conspiracy theories, such as the Crowdstrike theory that Ukraine was behind the attack of the Democratic Party’s server, draw from storytelling techniques.
5 ways Trump and his supporters are using the same strategies as science deniers.
5 min read
President Donald Trump and his supporters exhibit the methods of science deniers. Like anti-evolutionists and flat-earthers, they reject what they don’t want to believe and accept what they favor.
If it quacks like a duck...
3 min read
Tuesday’s testimony by the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine must be a turning point in Republican senators and House members’ blind loyalty – fear, really – of President Trump.
For Russia, talk of Trump impeachment is the gift that keeps on giving.
5 min read
The pro-Kremlin Russian political and media establishment have grown increasingly skilled at spinning stories to highlight US political weaknesses.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy may come to regret his discussion with President Trump.
6 min read
The fallout for President Trump from his conversation with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy was swift and harsh. The consequences for Zelenskiy and his country could also be serious.
The thunder in the Rotunda — How Nancy Pelosi rope-a-doped Trump.
9 min read
Part 43 of a series on game theory and politics, this on the fallout from the Trump Ukraine scandal.