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Bogdan Kipling

Bogdan Kipling is veteran Canadian journalist in Washington. Originally posted to the U.S. capital in the early 1970s by Financial Times of Canada, he is now commenting on his eighth presidency of the United States and on international affairs. Bogdan Kipling is a member of the House and Senate Press Galleries.

Most Recent Articles by Bogdan Kipling:


Putin's Crimea blitzkrieg

Washington – President Vladimir Putin believes in facts on the ground. He opened his Crimea blitzkrieg in late February, signed the final document incorporating the sovereign Ukrainian territory into Russia March 21. He is ostentatiously grabbing for more as you read and there is no telling how far he will go.
- Monday, March 24, 2014


Vlad rolling Ukraine back under Mother Russia’s skirts

Washington – Tsar Vlad is on the roll. He rolled up Ukraine back under Mother Russia’s skirts only days before the still-independent country was to sign an association agreement with the European Union.
- Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Obama's Munich Moment

Washington, D.C. – When the kings and Emirs of four Muslim countries and Israeli leaders are talking alliance something profound is shaking the old order in the Middle East.
- Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Beijing and Tokyo calling the shots on American debt default

Washington, D.C. – Who blinked? President Obama did, for all his tough talking. He climbed down from his high perch on the debt ceiling deadlock when he opened up to the Republican proposal of a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and negotiate the rest in the time gained.
- Thursday, October 10, 2013

Obama’s ‘disarm, obey, and shut up’ bi-partisanship

Washington, D.C. – Will Republicans or President Obama pay the political price for the government shutdown? There is no telling today. But lose no patience, a credible answer is only a month away.
- Saturday, October 5, 2013



The ‘Red Line Express’ comes to G-20

Washington – Wow, the brilliance of Barack Obama has never shone as bright as when focused at this one question: How to make sure to get the worst of both worlds?
- Thursday, September 5, 2013

Hillary, Obama’s loyal co-conspirator

Washington – “If Hillary runs, Hillary wins” goes the snappy poliTwitt making the rounds three years before the 2016 Democratic presidential nominating convention.
- Saturday, August 24, 2013

No Time for Smelling Salts

Washington – This is no time for sissies – be they couch potatoes watching what’s going on in Egypt on TV or pyramids of power like President Barack Obama doing his best to give minimal attention to the hinges of history swinging.
- Saturday, July 27, 2013


A day late and a dollar short

Washington, D.C -- President Obama nailed a strange device to his mast and called it foreign policy and governed accordingly since he took office four years and five months ago.
- Thursday, June 20, 2013

Benghazi: The biggest dog that didn’t bark

Washington – What do you call a national leader mired in three simultaneous scandals: A politician deep in do-do? And what if the scandal least talked about poses the most serious danger – that it is the biggest dog that didn’t bark.
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013





Legendary press club bartender poured on as his best customers dwindled

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As head bartender of the National Press Club, "Big Jack" Kujawski had a prime vantage point to witness the sad demise of print journalism over the past 25 years. To say he didn't like what he saw is an understatement of star magnitude.
- Thursday, June 2, 2011

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