Russia Is Playing a “Bigger Game” In The Middle East — And Why the West May Be Missing It
Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, tells Independence Avenue ...
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Russia sees benefits from US operation in Iran as Trump thinks Putin winning in Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump put the war in Ukraine on the back burner as he is ...
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The Return of Nuclear Competition: Dr. Kroenig on Russia, China, and the United States
Matthew Kroenig says a new arms race started “years ago.” But the United States, by not ...
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4 Days vs 4 Years: What the Iran Operation Shows About US vs Russian Military Power
What do the first days of the U.S.–Israel military operation in Iran reveal about the balance ...
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“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”: Oscar-Nominated Director Exposes Russia’s War Propaganda In Schools
"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" is a documentary about Russian war propaganda nominated for an Oscar for ...
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“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”: Oscar-Nominated Director Exposes Russia’s War Propaganda In Classrooms
In 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an American filmmaker secretly connected with a ...
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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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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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