Tag: Munich 1938

If US Doesn’t Arm Ukraine, Putin Will Move Against Baltic Countries, Polish Writer Says

February 17, 2015
Analysis
Ukraine
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, February 16 – If President Obama follows German Chancellor Merkel and doesn’t arm Ukraine, the US president will not only “be playing the role Putin has assigned to him” but he will also open the way toward an effort by Moscow to dominate the Baltic countries while threatening the world with first use of […]

A Munich in Moscow

February 10, 2015
Analysis
Ukraine
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, February 7 – The meeting of Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande with Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss Ukraine without the presence of Ukrainian leaders has led many commentators to draw parallels with the 1938 Munich Conference at which Britain and France sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler in the name of “peace in our […]