Analyst Sees Progress in Ukraine Talks, but Warns of Long Road Ahead
The United States, European Union and Ukraine have progressed toward a possible peace deal, but Russia’s unwillingness to engage and the unresolved question of how to…
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Congress Urges Trump Administration Inquiry Into Possible Chemical Weapon Use in Georgian Protests
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders in Congress, including chairs of key House and Senate committees, have urged the Trump administration to investigate a report alleging…
Ukraine, NATO, and the War of Wills
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy misses critical opportunities to confront what he calls…
Former US Ambassador Daniel Fried: Only Pressure on Russia Can Break Peace Deadlock
WASHINGTON — Retired U.S. Ambassador Daniel Fried said the Ukraine peace effort has stalled not because of Kyiv or the West but because “the…
Montgomery: Ukraine Won’t Back Down and Russia Won’t Compromise
Washington, D.C. — As debate intensifies over the latest proposal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery offers a stark…
Russia’s Costly Advance and Europe’s Growing Risk: ISW’s George Barros on the War’s Next Phase
WASHINGTON — Russia’s campaign to seize Pokrovsk is nearing its end, but the expected fall of the eastern Ukrainian city will not mark a…
Georgia at a Crossroads as ‘Trump Route’ Emerges
“Any antagonism between our countries could end tomorrow,” Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana recently told a conference on U.S.-Georgia relations, warning that Tbilisi…
Former US Ambassador: Trump Can Stop Putin if He’s Willing
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) — Russia continued its campaign of aggression against Ukraine on Wednesday, bombing a kindergarten in a deadly barrage of drone…
Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Handling of Russia and China Will Define US Power
In a far-reaching conversation with Independence Avenue Media, historian Sir Niall Ferguson argues that the future of global order will be defined less by…
