Europe – Page 7 – Schirach Report

America Shall Not “Pay Any Price” To Protect Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Beyond Washington's verbal support, Kiev is really on its own in this fight. And it cannot prevail. Time to accept defeat and let Eastern Ukraine go

WASHINGTON – The Moscow-inspired and Moscow supported Ukrainian crisis is slowly morphing into something resembling a civil war. Whether...

The Kiev Provisional Government Cannot Win, All By Itself, Against Putin The US and Europe will not take any serious actions against Russia

WASHINGTON – The difference between the failed separatist fight that Chechnya started and lost several years ago and the...

The Ukrainian Government Cannot Win, All By Itself, Against Russia Kiev should let Eastern Ukraine secede. Only then it will have a chance to engage in economic reforms and join Europe

WASHINGTON – Vladimir Putin is winning in his ruthless and perhaps crazy effort to regain control over at least a...

In Newfoundland, Where Churchill And FDR Met During WWII In Placentia Bay the two western leaders issued the Atlantic Charter in August 1941

NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada, (a few years ago)- Looking outside, at the Ocean on that windy day, I thought again about my...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Both Defiant And Conciliatory In A Speech At The Atlantic Council The Ukrainian leader has received open support from President Obama on Crimea. But it is not clear how far the US and Europe are willing to go if Russia does not back down

By Paolo von Schirach March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Western world seems to be united in its support...

Financial Aid To The Ukraine? Great Idea But Huge Costs Turning the Ukraine around will cost billions of dollars over many years. Western policy-makers have to convince voters that this is a worthwhile effort.

By Paolo von Schirach March 10, 2014 WASHINGTON – A few days ago, I argued in a related piece...

With Or Without A Major Crisis In The Ukraine, Putin Determines The Agenda A timid West is in a reactive mode, mostly hoping that Putin will calm down and be nice

By Paolo von Schirach Related piece: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2014/03/03/ukraine-crisis-end-game-putin-gets-keep-crimea/ March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON – What is truly worrisome about the ongoing...

Ukraine Crisis End Game: Putin Gets To Keep The Crimea Sadly, the West has no stomach to engage in a protracted confrontation with Moscow. Europe is weak. America is impotent

By Paolo von Schirach March 3, 2014 WASHINGTON – The official Russian description of what is happening in the...

Putin Loses The Ukraine, But He Gets To Keep The Crimea – Happy Ending? Russia takes a calculated risk because it sees America as powerless.

By Paolo von Schirach March 1, 2014 WASHINGTON – Let me give you my ultra simplified assessment of what...

Hollande’s Poor Efforts At Attracting Foreign Investors To France Telling investors "We are not afraid of you" is not much of a marketing message. Likewise, telling them that you intend to simplify taxation and immigration procedures is not going to get you very far

By Paolo von Schirach February 18, 2014 WASHINGTON – “France is not afraid to open itself up to the...