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Ukraine Updates: Putin Suggests UN Administration of Ukraine March 28, 2025

Russia’s Shadow Fleet: A Masterclass in Sanctions Evasion March 28, 2025

In the wake of Western sanctions surrounding the Ukraine war, Russia developed a network of clandestine oil tankers to ensure the continuity of its energy exports – the so-called “shadow fleet.” This system of tanker ships, through various deceptive ...

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To End the Ukraine War, Trump Should Think Like Ike March 28, 2025

If Trump can channel Eisenhower on Ukraine, he will be able to claim that he has achieved the peace “deal of the century.” ...

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America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair March 27, 2025

President Donald Trump wants a lasting peace in Europe after Russia’s war against Ukraine....

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EU Members Divided on Future of Trade With Ukraine March 26, 2025

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Riyadh Talks Agree on Black Sea Fighting Lull March 26, 2025

White House reports say there was agreement on safe navigation on the Black Sea, banning military use of commercial vessels ...

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European Left Should Stop Embarrassing Itself Over Russia March 26, 2025

A French official's bizarre speech itemizing paranoid calamities while lambasting Trump as a 'traitor' is just staving off the inevitable ...

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Russia’s Edge in Negotiations March 26, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has always been a master manipulator, and his latest maneuvering with President Trump underscores just how adept he is at bending situations to his advantage....

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Ukraine, U.S. Teams Said To Be Holding More Talks in Saudi Arabia March 25, 2025

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Poland is a Model U.S. Ally – Let’s Act Like It March 25, 2025

Earlier this month, Elon Musk inserted himself into another political debate about Russia’s war on Ukraine. In his comments, he noted his Starlink system as the “backbone” of the Ukrainian army, asserting that, “their entire frontline would collapse”...

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Europe’s Message to Moscow: We Will Keep Sanctions March 25, 2025

From the beginning of Russia’s invasion, the European Union has stood together with our American allies, providing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and imposing tough sanctions. Whatever the US now does, no reason exists to change course. ...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine War March 24, 2025

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The Reverse Nixon/Kissinger… Finally March 24, 2025

For nearly 13 years, well before the Maidan/Crimea crisis and even Trump’s initial run for President, this author has argued for a “Reverse Nixon” or “Reverse Kissinger” tilt to Russia to balance China.In light of the recent dust-up with Ukrainian Pr...

Europe’s War in Ukraine March 24, 2025

Relations between the United States and its European allies have proved tempestuous during the first two months of the second Trump administration. ...

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Negotiating a Peace Is Not a Betrayal of Ukraine March 24, 2025

President Donald Trump has abandoned the Biden policies of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” and of isolating Russia. He has pushed Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table and negotiated with Vladimir Putin. He has advocated for ending the ...

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How the U.S. Can Limit China’s Arms Exports March 24, 2025

Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine has altered the global arms market in ways not seen since the end of the Cold War, creating challenges and opportunities for arms exporters and importers alike. Russian arms exports are down, global defense spen...

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Donald Trump, Putin and the Concert of Arabia March 24, 2025

The subject of Iran appears to have been just as important as Ukraine ...

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The Quid Pro Quo for Peace in Ukraine March 22, 2025

President Trump promises a rapprochement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Before we dismiss this as a pipedream, we should understand the options that Trump has in dealing with President Putin. What will be the quid pro quo for peace in Ukraine...

A Tale of Two Ceasefires March 22, 2025

President Donald Trump came into office promising a swift end to two wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He has taken a radically different approach to both conflicts than Joe Biden, and in some cases produced results. ...

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Putin Has Shown He Does Not Want Peace March 22, 2025

The Russian president is the impediment to US proposals for a ceasefire. But Europe knows that this administration is unlikely to act accordingly...

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Russia Nears One Million Casualties as War Grinds On March 22, 2025

By relying heavily on unrepresented ethnic minorities far away from the centers of power in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Kremlin ensures that public outcry against its “special military operation” in Ukraine remains under control. ...

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Macron: Paris To Host New Ukraine Coalition Summit on March 27 March 21, 2025

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EU Plan To Send More Military Aid to Ukraine in Shambles March 21, 2025

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Conquest Is Back March 21, 2025

The norm against territorial conquest is a pillar of the post–1945 international order, but that pillar is now crumbling. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is certainly the most egregious recent violation of this prohibition—an outlier, as an atte...

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Huge Blast Rocks Engels Airbase as Ukraine Launches Drone Assault March 20, 2025