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The Outcome of the War in Ukraine Depends on China and India
Whether Americans like it or not, this country will have little choice but to begin planning for an emerging world order. Not so long ago, political…
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U.S. Military Observers and Why They Are Needed in Ukraine
After his first ride through the city, Capt. George McClellan remarked that “Sebastopol is knocked into a cocked hat.” The siege works outside the Crimean city…
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As The Ukraine War Grinds on, Russia is Becoming A Cultural Wasteland
Putin once saw advantage in giving writers a degree of freedom, even to be critical. Those days are long gone, and Russia’s artists are fleeing As…
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Wanted: Vladimir Putin
Whether Russia’s president ever ends up in handcuffs, the International Criminal Court’s indictment is a big step in the right direction. The internet has recently been…
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Ukraine and Russia Need a Great-Power Peace Plan
If those leaked documents from the Pentagon are to be believed—and I think they are—the United States needs a plan B for Ukraine. As much as…
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Protection of Nuclear Facilities: Lessons from Russia-Ukraine War
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine War has brought the doomsday clock down to 90 seconds to midnight. Fears abound that a radiological disaster as a result of a…
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How to Benchmark Victory in Ukraine
When President George W. Bush gave his “mission accomplished” speech on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln only six weeks into the Iraq War in…
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Russia’s War Has Unified Europe’s Opposing Sides
On one of the last days of June 1914, a telegram arrived in a remote garrison town on the border of the Habsburg Empire. The telegram…
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Sanctions Rarely Work, but are They Still The Least Worst Option?
How do we encourage states – or more specifically the people who run them – to behave well, or at least not badly? The “we” in…
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The War Will Grind on: Reflecting on A Year of War in Ukraine
“So it begins!” This was the message shared among my team at the Royal United Services Institute on Feb. 22, 2022 as Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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The Iran-Iraq War and The Lessons for Ukraine
Wars are much like Russian author Leo Tolstoy’s unhappy families. They are each wars in their own way. Historical comparisons can be simplistic and lead to…
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Public Politics in The Wartime Russian Dictatorship
Will President Vladimir Putin’s regime implode? Unfortunately, the media’s fixation with this question — understandable as it might be — has prevented us from gaining a…