International security

Who's Winning This Escalating Geopolitical Struggle Between The U.S. and Russia?

The U.S. and Russia continue to go head to head in an increasingly tenuous geopolitical struggle taking place on the world stage. Serious confrontations between these two adversaries have taken place over many decades, especially during the Cold War, but in more recent times we have seen them rise to very dangerous levels, from the Ukraine crisis to the current one in Syria.

As we analyze this struggle between the world's two greatest powers let's review what happened in Ukraine. Here's an insightful articleby the respected investigative reporter Robert Parry who identifies the countries that are most responsible for provoking the crisis that began when anti-government rebels initiated a coup that ousted the elected Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych and forced him into exile.

Prior to that coup the U.S. and its Western allies had been pressuring the Ukraine government to join NATO. Subsequently, the coup took place and it has been revealed that Victoria Nuland, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, was right there helping to organize the next government that would assume power.