New START Is Dead. The Man Who Ran U.S. Nuclear Policy for 15 Years Says That’s a Good Thing
On Feb. 5, nearly 16 years after then-U.S. President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ...
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Russia’s star faded in Davos, but Moldova and Belarus take stage
While Moscow had no official representatives at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Russia’s ghost ...
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No Longer Davos’ Darling, Russia Fades as Moldova and Belarus Take Stage
In 2000, an American journalist at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, asked ...
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Ukraine Is the Tip of the Spear: Matt Pottinger on Deterrence, US-China Relations, and What Comes Next
Drawing on his experience in government and his long focus on China, former U.S. deputy national security ...
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Bolton on Venezuela, Russia, China, and the Global Balance of Power
Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton discusses how Russia and China are seeking to consolidate ...
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2026: How the Trump Administration Might Stop the War — and When Peace Might Come
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised repeatedly that he would end the war in Ukraine ...
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Analyst: Moscow Pushing Back on Peace Talks With Political Theater
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst said a Russian video showing the deployment of its nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic missile system in Belarus is ...
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Former US Ambassador: Russia’s Oreshnik Deployment Is ’Kabuki Theater’ to Derail Trump Peace Push
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst joins Independence Avenue Media to discuss the ongoing Ukraine ...
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Herbst: Trump Could Persuade Putin with American Strength
Ambassador John E. Herbst, Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former U.S. Ambassador ...
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What Security Guarantees Could Actually Look Like
WASHINGTON (Independence Avenue Media) – Former Pentagon official Laura Cooper says a cease-fire is the necessary ...
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