“ Russia is not a threat to Europe. Times have changed since the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was indeed Europe’s biggest threat. Today, Europe’s main threats come from elsewhere: primarily, the fear of immigration and the lack of economic recovery, especially in southern and eastern European counties. Together, these fuel citizens’ anxieties to the benefit of populist parties, who offer no effective solutions but very powerful rhetoric.

1. Ursula von der Leyen (Germany), President
2. Frans Timmermans (The Netherlands), Executive Vice President for Green Deal
3. Margrethe Vestager (Denmark), Executive Vice President for Digital Age and Competition
4. Valdis Dombrovskis (Latva), Executive Vice President for Economy and Social Affairs
5. Josep Borrell (Spain), Vice President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
6. Dubravka Suica (Croatia), Vice President Democracy & Demography

The problem Russia has today in its relationship with the European Union is that  Europeans and especially European decision-makers are not hearing Russia’s side of the argument. They instead hear a one-sided media mantra that categorically assigns Russia the role of the bad guy in international relations. If Russia wants to effectuate change in the European Union and EU foreign policy towards Russia, then it starts with having a pro-Russia lobby in the EU dedicated to that mission.

Source UN Environment Program (UNEP)

Source: Russia Today (First Half of 2019)

Methodology

Corruption has long been regarded as Ukraine’s major problem and the subject of much debate, both nationally and internationally. According to the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published by Transparency International drawing on surveys of businesspeople and expert assessments, Ukraine is ranked 120 out of 180 countries. And although Ukraine’s ranking keeps improving every year, such a state of affairs is still far from being acceptable. According to numerous analytical reports and surveys, it is corruption that poses the biggest problem for both foreign and domestic businesses.

Author: Dan McLaughlin, Attorney-at-Law

The U.S. Constitution gives an open-ended definition of impeachable “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” that covers a variety of abuses of official power, including conduct that is not criminal. But it also recognizes that impeachment is a political remedy, and abuse of office is the most political of all grounds for impeachment.

Source: U.S. Congressional Research Service

There currently are multiple views on the question of whether the United States under the Trump Administration is changing the U.S. role in the world, some of which are outlined briefly below.

Some Observers Believe the United States Is Changing Its Role

Year 2017