PATRIOTIC HERESY VS. THE NEW COLD WAR.

RUSSIA -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 1991-; EUROMAIDAN Protests, Kiev, Ukraine, 2013-2014; UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 1989-; UKRAINE -- Politics & government -- 1991-; RUSSIA -- Foreign relations -- Ukraine; UKRAINE Conflict, 2014-

The article looks at U.S. politics and U.S. foreign relations, focusing on the U.S.'s relationship with Russia in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Topics include the history of U.S. policy toward Russia since the end of the Soviet Union and the Maidan protests and ensuing political changes in Ukraine. The author notes that he has been criticized as an apologist for Russian President Vladimir Putin and replies to those criticisms.