On the menu today: Yes, Donald Trump won Nikki Haley’s home state in a primary that turned out to be boring. It was a demonstration that Haley is running a protest campaign, whether she and her team want to admit it or not. So instead, we’ll start Monday morning by focusing our attention on trans issues . . . as in Transnistrian issues, not transgender issues. We’ll look at the Cold War in that corner of Moldova, and the odds of Russia and Ukraine negotiating an end to the hot war next door.
Transnistria, the Fundamental Fulcrum of World Affairs
There’s a little bit of sarcasm in that headline, but only a little bit.
As of this writing, it does not appear that the government of Transnistria — a thin slice of Moldova, nestled up against Ukraine’s southwestern border ...
