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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Ukraine turning point? The offensive against Russia that may decide the warWe don’t know exactly when this offensive will begin, and the people who do know have no incentive to tell us. But it’s likely to be sooner rather than later, perhaps in a mat...
By Chris Dougherty & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
War With Russia Enters New Phase as Ukraine Readies Southern CounterblowChris Dougherty, a former U.S. Defense Department strategist now at the Center for a New American Security, said that, despite all the materiel the West has given to Ukraine, ...
By Chris Dougherty
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Military Analyst Says Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Is Now A 'War Of Attrition'
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More than five months since Russia invaded Ukraine, a war of attrition has emerged with losses of materiel and men on both sides, not advances on the ground, becoming the key ...
By Michael Kofman
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Putin's "annexation playbook" in Ukraine could leave no path to peace
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What to watch: Ukraine has a clear incentive to make its move before September to try to disrupt any Russian annexation plans. Russia, meanwhile, seems to be attempting to se...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia Has Its Sights on Odesa
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Western officials believe that Russia will likely begin another major offensive in Ukraine early next year, including a possible effort to advance on the blockaded strategic p...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO Summit: What New Weapons Have Been Pledged to Ukraine?
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As NATO leaders met in Madrid this week, Ukraine demanded new heavy weapons to defeat Russia's invasion. Here's a look at what Ukraine says it needs and what other countries h...
By Jim Townsend
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Could Greek F-35 buy cause a flare up in US-Turkish relations?
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The tables have turned for regional rivals Greece and Turkey in the realm of fighter jet acquisition plans, with Greece headed for a buy of the Lockheed Martin F-35 just three...
By Jim Townsend
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Finnish Parliament Speaker Encourages Joint Nordic Air Control In The Arctic
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On June 13th, Finland’s parliament speaker Matti Vanhanen promoted the idea of jointly organizing the air defense control in the Arctic Circle between the Nordic countries Fin...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Ahead of NATO summit, alliance sets out plan to increase high-alert forces
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According to a 2006 pledge by members of the alliance, every NATO country has to dedicate 2% of its GDP to defense. Jim Townsend, former US deputy assistant defense secretary ...
By Jim Townsend
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A New Task for Biden: Readying Allies for a Long Conflict in Ukraine
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When President Biden met his Western allies in Europe three months ago, the world was rallying behind Ukraine, and NATO suddenly had a new sense of purpose — its old purpose, ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Interview: Why Ukrainian And Russian Forces Are Preparing For A Long War
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Russian forces are edging closer to seizing the last pocket of resistance in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, with battles raging in Syveryodonetsk and near its sister city, ...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Will China and Russia Stay Aligned?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on China and Russia, their emerging partnership, and whether this alignment will last. To complement these art...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine Is at Its ‘Most Dangerous Point’ of the War
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In February, Ukraine shocked the world by driving Russian forces from Kyiv, fending off Vladimir Putin’s attempt to quickly capture the country. Almost four months later, the ...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden Is Still Worried About Poking the Russian Bear
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is more than 100 days old, and despite providing enough U.S. military aid during that time to nearly double Kyiv’s defense budget, the ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Fight to Survive Russia's Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine
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Russia’s war in Ukraine is not the same conflict that it was earlier this spring. The Russian Army’s initial campaign, in February and March, was a three-front invasion with l...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia claims advances in Ukraine amid fierce fighting
Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine’s Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine’s Training Problem
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Britain today announced that it would send Ukraine its most advanced long-range artillery systems. The announcement came days after President Biden approved giving Kyiv advanc...
By Michael Kofman
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Momentum shifts in Ukraine war as Russia advances in the Donbas
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Haggard faces stare blankly from inside minivans ferrying survivors from towns and villages bludgeoned by Russian armor. Ukrainian ambulances carry the wounded and dead from t...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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How Ukraine’s new weapons reflect a very different battlefield
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The HIMARS have been at the top of Ukraine’s wish list, even more so than the fighter jets they were calling for in the beginning of the war. That’s because, as Rita Konaev, d...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Putin is increasingly angry in public but top US intel and military experts warn there's no 'credible' evidence that he's ill
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Rumors have been swirling in recent weeks that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unwell and somehow losing his grip. The strongman and former KGB operative, who is pushing 7...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
