Ukraine

In the News

July 6, 2015

Herbst on Mounting Pressure in Ukraine

By John Herbst

New York Post quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the escalating gravity of the situation in Ukraine:

“The struggle in Ukraine is more serious than ISIS,” said John Herbst in an interview. He’s a former US ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan and fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington. “It’s very simple. Any military thinker looks at a threat — what is the [possible] damage? Putin wants to change the peace established in 1991 and after World War II.”

Ukrainians have staged two revolutions — in 2004 and 2014 — to unseat Russian puppets. The question on the mind of most Ukranians is — will they have to fight a third?

Read the full article here.

Related Experts: John E. Herbst