Senator’s Objection Derails Ukraine Aid Bill
The Senate hoped to pass nearly $40 billion in Ukraine aid before leaving town for the week. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had other plans. After senators and their staffers negotiated…
The other casualty of war: wheat
While rapidly rising gasoline prices have –rightly – gotten a lot of attention, the other global commodity that’s quickly becoming a casualty of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is wheat. As…
The political calculation at the heart of oil sanction reluctance
While a wide variety of sanctions, public and private, have been imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, oil and gas remain off the official list of forbidden products….
From the vault: Russia allegedly backed European environmentalists on fracking bans
Russian gas exports to Europe are still one item that – for the moment – remains off the sanctions list. The reason: Europe is heavily reliant on Russian gas…
State pension funds wrestle with Russian investments
Several U.S. public-sector pension funds are being asked to get rid of whatever holdings they may have in Russia – from stocks and bonds to property and other investments. The…
Biden’s, and Europe’s, sanctions avoid touching Putin’s oil wealth — for now
The Biden administration and Western European nations have imposed an array of sanctions against the Putin regime and assorted Russian oligarchs. While the sanctions got off to a laughably slow…
Putin launches his war
Russian president Vladimir Putin has launched his war against Ukraine and now, the West must respond, via angry rhetoric, sanctions, and other means, fair and foul. Ukrainian officials said Russia…
Rumors of War in Ukraine
The rumors of impending war between Russia and Ukraine and getting more insistent. And as they do, the European Union, NATO, and the U.S. are bracing for what may come:…
