Analyst: Moscow Pushing Back on Peace Talks With Political Theater

President Donald Trump participates in a joint press conference alongside Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, December 28, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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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 ...

President Donald Trump meets with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte after his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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Dead Ends, Divided Allies: A US Military Expert on the Ukraine Peace Talks

by Kartlos Sharashenidze

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“A dead end” is how retired U.S. Army Colonel Robert (Bob) Hamilton described the U.S.-led process ...

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Ukraine, NATO, and the War of Wills

by Ia Meurmishvili

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WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy ...

President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, August 15, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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Former US Ambassador Daniel Fried: Only Pressure on Russia Can Break Peace Deadlock

by Kartlos Sharashenidze

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WASHINGTON — Retired U.S. Ambassador Daniel Fried said the Ukraine peace effort has stalled not because ...

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Georgia at a Crossroads as ‘Trump Route’ Emerges

by Saba Gujabidze

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“Any antagonism between our countries could end tomorrow,” Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana recently told ...

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PANETTA: TRUMP NOW UNDERSTANDS HE CANNOT TRUST PUTIN

by Kartlos Sharashenidze

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In this exclusive interview with Independence Avenue Media, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA Director ...

Photo collage featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shaking hands during bilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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There Is No Strategic Vision — Bryza on U.S. Policy in the South Caucasus

by Kartlos Sharashenidze

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Independence Avenue Media) - As the South Caucasus undergoes rapid political and strategic realignment, ...

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