Carol J Williams

Carol J. Williams is a retired foreign correspondent with 30 years' reporting abroad for the Los Angeles Times and Associated Press. She has reported from more than 80 countries, with a focus on USSR/Russia and Eastern Europe.

Trump Tries Again: Selling out Ukraine

Two U.S. senators at a security conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, told journalists that Rubio had said the controversial proposal "was not the (U.S.) administration's plan," that it was the "wish list of the Russians."

So Now We’re going to War with South America?

Trump has been intervening unilaterally to aid his favored South American neighbors and signaled that he would skip the gathering aimed at resolving common economic and security challenges.

What–Really–Does Vladimir Putin Want?

He wants Ukraine to cease to exist as a sovereign and independent country and to return to being a vassal of the Kremlin.

Running on Fumes: Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Oil Production Shift the War

“The Russian war machine will only stop when it runs out of fuel,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a gathering of Western security officials in Kyiv last month. Zelensky was...

Trump’s Delusion: Putin will Accept a Deal on Ukraine

It is Putin’s world view that all land that has ever been under Russian rule is an inseparable part of his Russian Empire. That notion portends further aggressions if his attempts at violent conquest are appeased at the expense of Ukraine.

When Trump met Putin: No Deal’s a Good Deal

President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ended with no progress toward a ceasefire in the Ukraine war nor in persuading the Kremlin leader to...

Putin’s Folly: A Million Casualties, a Struggling Economy, and No Signs of Quitting a Ruinous War

The social costs of the war are becoming increasingly visible.

Trump Launches Another Mideast War with Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites

President Donald Trump plunged the United States into Israel’s war with Iran on Sunday with a predawn barrage of mega-bombs targeting critical Iranian nuclear facilities. The unilateral U.S. action dropped...

Ukraine Pulls Off a “Russian Pearl Harbor” Moment

Ukraine’s audacious attack on Russia’s strategic bomber force, knocking out at least a third of the sophisticated planes slaughtering Ukrainian civilians, may not flip the script of Russia’s overpowering...

Delay and Distract: Putin Strings Trump Along on Ukraine

Putin is a master at delay-and-distract, the tactical maneuvering that has carried him through more than 11 years of an internationally condemned invasion of a peaceful and sovereign neighbor.

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