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Ukraine’s Ambitions in Crimea Limited by US Hesitance to Supply Heavy Arms
Jeffrey Edmonds, senior adjunct fellow with the Center for a New American Security, said that the decision by the Biden administration to hold back on some of the longer-range...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Will Ukraine Wind Up Making Territorial Concessions to Russia?
Andrea Kendall-Taylor: "Any settlement that involves Kyiv making territorial concessions would only perpetuate the war by emboldening Moscow to attack Ukraine again in the fut...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Robert D. Kaplan
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US and Allies Load Ukraine with Armor and Weapons Ahead of Expected Russian Offensive
Ukrainian intelligence officials reported that Russia plans to increase its military to 2 million troops, up from about 1.35 million, and that the "Russian military command is...
By Nicholas Lokker
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The M1 Abrams, the Powerful US Tank That Kyiv Wants but Can’t Have
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said this week at Ramstein Air Base that "hundreds of thank yous are not hundreds of tanks."Jeffrey Edmonds, a Russia expert at the Cent...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Austin Meets New German Defense Minister over Ukraine Tank Support
Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Obama administration, said the west should expect Russian forces to be cannier and more dug-in than the...
By Jim Townsend
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The U.S. Will Send a Patriot Air Defense System to Ukraine. How Will It Help?
The announcement was made on a day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Washington, D.C. — his first trip outside of Ukraine since the war began — to plead for ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Forget Negotiations. Officials See Ukraine War Stretching for Months—or Years
Essentially, neither side appears ready for concessions. Putin may not even have the capability to budge — if he wants to keep his grip on power, that is. “I don’t think the w...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Ruse That Could Dupe Putin Into Another Crushing Ambush
In apparent anticipation of a Ukrainian campaign, Russian troops have been working to establish outposts and trenches near the Crimean border and in Donetsk and Luhansk, accor...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine War Bleeds into Russia-U.S. Nuclear Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared to tone down rhetoric threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but experts say the loose talk, coupled with a breakdown...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden and Putin Just Said They’re Open to Talks. Don’t Count on It Happening Soon.
The show of solidarity with Ukraine was important, according to Nicholas Lokker, a research assistant with the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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After Kherson, Ukraine’s Military Ponders New Push South and East
One of the Ukrainian military’s long-term goals appears to be an offensive that cuts south to occupied Melitopol, said Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at the Center...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden and Putin Just Said They’re Open to Talks. Don’t Count on It Happening Soon.
The show of solidarity with Ukraine was important, according to Nicholas Lokker, a research assistant with the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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New Policy Brief: "Supporting Russian Civil Society"
Washington, December 1, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new policy brief, "Supporting Russian Civil Society: A Report of the Transatlantic...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Maria Snegovaya
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The New US Interest in Relations with Italy
Following the meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Nick Lokker joined Formiche to discuss US-Italy relations. The interview cove...
By Nicholas Lokker
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NATO Faces New Challenge as Ukraine War Spills into Poland
Jim Townsend, US deputy assistant defence secretary for Europe and NATO under former President Barack Obama, welcomed NATO’s approach. “I think NATO did a great job of being v...
By Jim Townsend
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Power Outages Darken Southern City as Ukraine Sees No Sign of Russian Pullback
Michael Kofman, an adjunct senior fellow for the transatlantic security program at the Center for a New American Security, said on the War on the Rocks podcast last week that ...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia’s Rebuke Neuters U.N. Push to End War in Ukraine
The two votes encapsulated the United Nations’ power as a global forum and the hard limits on its ability to truly influence 21st-century conflicts, especially those involving...
By Jim Townsend
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Retreat or a Trap? Russia Signals a Surprise Withdrawal from a Key City, but Ukrainians Are Wary
Yurii Sobolevskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Kherson regional council, remained cautious about the Russian forces’ intentions. “Within Kherson city limits, the number of Ru...
By Michael Kofman
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Russian Roadblock: U.N.’s Role in Ukraine Sharply Limited by Moscow’s Veto Power
Two weeks before the U.N. condemnation, the 15-member Security Council considered a more substantive, binding measure forcing Moscow to abandon its war in Ukraine. Russia, one...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Hundreds of Russians Sanctioned over Ukraine War Are Not Barred from Entering CanadaRachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., said it’s surprising those sanctioned individuals are admissible “becaus...
By Rachel Ziemba