John Herbst is the Eurasia Center director for the Council. In the Open Society Foundations, he created a sprawling, decentralized network of local boards in some 20 nations that were granted exceptional levels of autonomy. Theres a throwaway going on for obvious reasons. Those efforts advance a false and toxic narrative, one with no basis in the reality of US-Ukraine relations, in order to weaken the relationship between the United States and Ukraine and sow division within our two countries. In total, Soros has provided over $181 million in support of almost 17,000 civil society initiatives in Ukraine that were implemented by thousands of activists throughout the country. google_ad_client = "pub-9945337162717206"; Joe Schaeffer is the former Managing Editor of The Washington Times National Weekly Edition. Soros provided an additional $3 million in support of eight strategic advisory groups within the National Reform Council, and its one hundred experts drafted eighty reform bills in education, healthcare, deregulation, energy security, decentralization, administrative reform, and e-governance. Boehner strongly advocated for improved relations with China during his years in Congress and supported granting Most Favored Nation trade status to the communist regime in the 1990s. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East, combined with commentary by contributors, interviews with emerging players, multi-media content, and independent analysis from fellows and staff. Thank You, George! - Atlantic Council CIN is not certain if this is indeed the same Peter Downing. Required fields are marked *. Lets get some investigations going! Soros details, I am prepared to invest up to 1 billion in Ukrainian businesses. Research revealed that he has a criminal past. Furthermore, the means of transport referred to in the Convention are railways, waterways, and roads and the treaty specifies that landlocked and transit States will have to agree to add pipelines to this list.(21). Login,