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Clock Ticking on Ukraine’s Spring Offensive as Biden Admin in Delicate Holding Pattern
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“Reality will dictate what actually happens,” said Jim Townsend, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy in the Obama administration. ...
By Jim Townsend
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A Third Nuclear Age? What to Expect from US-South Korea Summit.
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“For so long our primary preoccupation when it came to nuclear proliferation was with the rogue states, Iran and North Korea, but now we see it’s our friends who are contempla...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Macron calls on Xi to reason with Russia for Ukraine peace
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However, a "huge win" from the European perspective was Xi saying he would eventually give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a call "when the time is right", said Carisa...
By Carisa Nietsche
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How Finland's Conflicted History with Russia Influenced Decision to Join NATO
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Finnish public opinion started to shift after Russia in December 2021 issued a list of demands to Nato, which would have barred Finland from becoming a member of the alliance....
By Nicholas Lokker
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It’s the Economy (and More): Why Macron and von der Leyen are in China
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With his voyage to China late last week, Pedro Sánchez prepared the ground for this week’s visit by Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen. The main shared objective of both...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Biden’s Democracy Summit 2.0: Ukraine War Spurs Globalized Format
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“This summit takes place against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Ukrainians’ ongoing demonstration of democracy’s resilience,” says Carisa Nietsche, an associ...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
NATO is Racing to Arm its Russian Borders. Can it Find the Weapons?With countries already worried about their own munitions stockpiles and Ukraine in acute need of more shells and weapons from allies, there is a risk that not all NATO allies ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Jim Townsend
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U.S. Reaches Deep Into Its Global Ammunition Stockpiles to Help Ukraine
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The U.S. is now scrambling to ensure Ukraine has enough in stock for the next phase of the war, since artillery rounds will help Kyiv’s forces take back territory from Russia ...
By Michael Kofman
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Why Won’t Vladimir Putin Cut His Losses in Ukraine?
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Even in the face of heavy, increasing losses, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains resolved to continue fighting but is “grasping for meaning in a meaningless invasion”, w...
By Michael Kofman
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Something Is Missing From Americans’ Greatest Fears. It’s the Bomb.
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Whether Americans are justified in no longer worrying so much about the bomb is another question. Jon Wolfsthal, a senior adviser to Global Zero, a group that advocates the ab...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Ukraine Short of Skilled Troops and Munitions as Losses, Pessimism Grow
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The stakes for Ukraine in the coming months are particularly high, as Western countries aiding Kyiv look to see whether Ukrainian forces can once again seize the initiative an...
By Michael Kofman
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Russia Has Been Sending Some US-provided Weapons Captured in Ukraine to Iran, Sources SayA key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. The Iranians also intercepted...
By Jonathan Lord
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Season of Offensives: What to Expect from the Spring Campaign in Ukraine
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In conversations with the Kyiv Independent a few days before publication, renowned U.S. military experts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee shared their thoughts on the coming campaig...
By Michael Kofman
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Why Russia’s Manpower Advantage May Not Be Enough to Win the War in Ukraine
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The government’s reluctance to declare a new call-up is understandable; it’s likely that the last order in September resulted in more Russians fleeing the country — as many as...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden Challenged by Softening Public Support for Arming Ukraine
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Others like Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the uncertainty is all the more reason for the president to be aggressive an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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An End to the War Doesn’t Mean the End of Putin
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Wars, won or lost, rarely unseat strongmen like Putin. A 2016 study by scholars Sarah Croco and Jessica Weeks found that since 1919, authoritarian leaders atop highly personal...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own
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At the same time, U.S. officials have advised President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — with the views of nonaligned countries in mind — that it is in his interest not to appe...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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After a Year of War, Ukraine's Military is Facing a New Test of Its Resolve, Holding the Line Until Key Weapons Arrive
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"We're going to find ourselves in a logistics race when it comes to who can stay resupplied with the basics like ammunition," Jim Townsend, the former deputy assistant secreta...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Putin’s Wartime Bluster Obscures Russia’s Precarious FutureSanctions imposed by Group of Seven (G-7) countries — the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom — and the European Union are aimed at strangling P...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Global Financial Watchdog Suspends Russia’s Membership“The measure is both an important political statement as well as a recognition of the threats to the global financial system posed by Russia. The FATF identified Russia’s invo...
By Alex Zerden
