Notwithstanding some positive moves, the Trump Administration is letting Putin write the script on Ukraine. It needs to seize the initiative against Putin and reassure Ukraine.

Putin has done nothing—repeat nothing—to warrant a softer approach from the West.

The Trump Administration should use the Magnitsky Act to punish human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan.

Western governments should block private business from helping to finance Russian aggression in Ukraine and Syria.

Moscow wins a gold medal in dysfunction.

The U.S. should do more to let Russian pensioners know the Kremlin is too busy doling out billions to Putin and his buddies to give a damn about their welfare.

Scrap the Minsk agreement, hold the line on sanctions on Russia, and keep pressuring Ukraine’s leaders to clean up corruption.

President Obama’s words will make the world a more dangerous place.

Faced with its own long-standing territorial issues with Russia, Japan under Shinzo Abe is holding a strong line against the illegal annexation of Crimea.

America’s paltry military aid to Kyiv is sending the wrong message to Ukraine—and to Putin.