As U.S. and Russian relations hit a new low, the Pentagon and State Department have drafted a plan to arm Ukraine’s fight against Russian-backed rebels, a move that would escalate the country’s three-year war Story Transcript Aaron Maté : It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. U.S. and Russian ties are said to be at […]
Author Archives: Nicolai Petro
Nicolai N. Petro is the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence at the University of Rhode Island. He is currently joining us from Odessa, Ukraine.
He served as special assistant for policy toward the Soviet Union in the U.S. Department of State from 1989 to 1990. He has received many fellowships, including two Fulbright awards (one to Russia and one to Ukraine).
He comments frequently about Russia and Ukraine, and his latest book, Ukraine in Crisis, was published this month by Routledge.
