Commentary: The Sick Man of Moscow
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Shirreff: Europe Needs ‘an Alliance Within NATO’ to Stand Up to Russia
On the eve of NATO's July 7-8 summit, the alliance's former deputy supreme allied commander Europe, ...
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Ukraine’s Plan for Crimea: Turn the Peninsula Into an Island
Russia's war against Ukraine began with its annexation of Crimea in 2014. Now, more than a ...
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Does America Still Need NATO? | Kori Schake
As NATO leaders prepare to meet in Ankara, Turkiye, Kori Schake, senior fellow and director of ...
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Commentary: Ukraine Plays Hardball With Belarus
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On the Battlefield, Ukraine Leads the Drone War — Russia Is Scrambling to Catch Up
By late December 2025, Russia appeared to have the upper hand in the drone war. Its ...
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Cavoli: Russia Unlikely to Win This War — but Will Regroup for the Next One
What is the current state of Russia's war against Ukraine? How will it end? And how ...
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Commentary: Zelenskyy Wins the G7 Summit
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Cavoli: Ukraine Is ‘Gaining Advantage’ Over Russia, but No Knockout End to War
Ahead of NATO's 2026 summit, the alliance's former supreme allied commander Europe, retired U.S. Army Gen. ...
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Moldovan Ambassador to U.S.: The EU Is About ‘Survival’
As Moldova and Ukraine prepare to open their first European Union accession negotiation cluster, Moldovan Ambassador ...
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