Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: New thinking needed in the global democratic camp on Russia’s war in Ukraine

June 22, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

Make no mistake, talking about off-ramps and non-humiliating exits for Russia or lack of Ukraine’s readiness for EU membership as it battles for its existence against Russian dictator...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Winners and losers of Russia’s war

May 21, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

The unprovoked war that Russia unleashed on Ukraine has far-reaching consequences. If he wins, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will be elevated to godhood. Russia’s false historic claims to...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Does America finally get it?

April 29, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

The visit by the United States’ Secretaries of State and Defense to Ukraine earlier this week was a meaningful show of support. They promised much needed new weapons...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Big thinking needed for NATO

April 14, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

When a drunk-with-rage husband takes a knife to his wife, when a child is abused by a parent, when a bully strikes innocents, most humans are moved to...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Why is Putin still in charge of the West’s agenda?

March 10, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

It’s infuriating that Russia’s serial killer, autocrat Vladimir Putin, is telling Western powers what they should be doing. What is worst, they are listening. The war-crime nominee has...

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Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Dictatorship and isolationism don’t work in the 21st century

March 2, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

The heroic feats of Ukraine are a balm for our heart and soul. It’s been a long time since anything like its national resistance to Russia’s war has...

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Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: To win in diplomacy, take the advantage

February 15, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

Russia’s needless war in Ukraine uncovered the best and the worst sides of international politics and diplomacy. The best produced what looks currently like a win over Vladimir...

Opinion

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: With friends like Germany, Ukraine needs no enemies

January 26, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

We can still call ourselves human when we come to our neighbor's aid despite a psychopath villain threatening his existence and, perhaps, ours too.Such human gestures came recently...

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Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: How to ensure Putin’s withdrawal from Ukraine

January 16, 2022 / by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

Russia’s president made strong self-serving demands recently. Among them seeking security guarantees from the United States, its allies and NATO, determining NATO’s membership, and withholding military co-operation to...

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