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Where Does Putin’s War Go From Here?
In The News
Shortly before dawn on Feb. 24, in an address to the nation peppered with falsehoods and grievances, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to invade neighboring Ukr...
By Jim Townsend & Michael Kofman
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NATO, explained: Why the alliance was formed — and what it's doing for Ukraine
In The News
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's a military and political alliance that was founded in 1949 in response to the actions of the Soviet Union. "The Allies in...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Diminishing returns’: What can change the course for Putin in the Ukraine war?
In The News
Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at research group CNA in Virginia, said significant Russian casualties do not necessarily seem to be a political limitation on Putin...
By Michael Kofman
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Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate
In The News
The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Ukrainian forces and...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Jeffrey Edmonds
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In Ukraine, Biden must relearn Truman’s lessons from the cold war
Joe Biden entered the White House last year styling himself on Franklin Roosevelt. The better model today might be Harry Truman. His words to Congress 75 years ago this month—...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Next 2 Weeks Could Determine the Fate of Ukraine
In The News
After the initial shock of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest surprise of the war may be how badly the Russian army has performed. What at first seemed like a c...
By Michael Kofman
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Russian air force action increases despite flood of antiaircraft missiles into Ukraine
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“It’s very likely that the Russian Aerospace Forces have modified how they’re conducting operations,” said Michael Kofman, the director of Russian studies at CNA, a Virginia-b...
By Michael Kofman
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The Russian military's heavy losses from Ukraine in charts
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For Jeffrey Edmonds, a former US Army tanker and CIA military analyst, the US intelligence estimate of 7,000 losses seems too high. But he said even more conservative guesses ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Reported Detention of Russian Spy Boss Shows Tension Over Stalled Ukraine Invasion, U.S. Officials Say
In The News
“It is hard to imagine some senior intelligence person talking with Putin and not telling Putin what he wants to hear, especially if it is a belief that is deeply held, like P...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Oil, weapons and realpolitik: Why some countries want to stay on friendly terms with RussiaRussia supplies about 60 percent of the weapons and equipment for India’s military, the cornerstone of a decades-long friendly relationship between Moscow and Delhi. Experts s...
By Lisa Curtis
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For the U.S., a Tenuous Balance in Confronting Russia
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Some American officials assert that as a matter of international law, the provision of weaponry and intelligence to the Ukrainian Army has made the United States a cobelligere...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The socialite daughter of Putin's spokesman complains US sanctions are 'unfair' but thinks they won't make a difference
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Maria Snegovaya, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the main goal of US sanctions at this point is not so much to bring about that elite ...
By Maria Snegovaya
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Drones flying into NATO territory have forced the alliance to decide how to respond — if at all — to incidents inside its borders
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Jeff Edmonds, a senior analyst at the Center for a New American Security and former director for Russia on the National Security Council, said the risk to NATO territory will ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Ukraine will not halt US shift to Indo-Pacific
In The News
The war in Ukraine poses a more immediate threat, however, and some experts now insist that the West must adjust its thinking accordingly. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenb...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Ukraine war: Biden will tell Xi any support of Russia comes with ‘costs’, top US diplomat saysUS President Joe Biden plans to tell his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he will “impose costs” for any support Beijing provides to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Washingto...
By Jacob Stokes
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Democrats worry Zelensky offered GOP key talking point
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Others in the GOP say it’s unlikely that Republicans delve into that territory. “One never ceases to be amazed at the imagination of attack ads, but I doubt Zelensky’s clario...
By Richard Fontaine
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The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine’s cities
In The News
Such shortages, as the war enters its third week, reflect a burgeoning humanitarian crisis — one that could grow far worse for Ukrainians who now have little prospect of escap...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Casts a Global Net to Stop Shipments to RussiaEmily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said that the level of allied cooperation in forging the exp...
By Emily Kilcrease
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CEOs seek their own State DepartmentsThe current secretary of State, Antony Blinken, co-founded WestExec Advisors, where the current director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, and current White House press ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Putin thought Russia’s military could capture Kyiv in 2 days, but it still hasn’t in 20
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Maria Snegovaya, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Insider that Putin was “clearly lacking good information on the ground.” But bad intelligence ...
By Maria Snegovaya
