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Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine Now?
For the four months it took President Vladimir Putin to concentrate the Russian forces and firepower to launch what he thought would be a blitzkrieg into Ukraine, the world wa...
By Jim Townsend
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Rapid escalation of Ukraine crisis fuels fear of confrontation between Russia and the West
In The News
Russia, careening toward economic crisis under the weight of devastating Western sanctions, has put its nuclear forces on alert as the Kremlin’s siege of Ukraine intensifies. ...
By Jim Townsend
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U.S. Troops Will Be Deployed to NATO Allies in Eastern Europe
President Biden has approved the deployment of about 3,000 additional American troops to Eastern Europe, administration officials said on Wednesday. The troops, including 1,00...
By Jim Townsend
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US, Ukraine Split on Messaging Against Russia
President Biden’s warnings of imminent Russian aggression are clashing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s efforts to project strength, urge calm and inspire confide...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
In The News
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of Amer...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden-Putin Call: Analysts Say US President May Still Have a Chance to Derail Ukraine Invasion
In The News
With a massive build of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is indicating a willingness to risk a military conflict, but analysts say while the threa...
By Jim Townsend
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Satellite Images Show the Buildup of Russian Forces Near Ukraine That Have the US and NATO Worried About an Invasion
In The News
New satellite photos show the buildup of Russian armed forces at strategic locations in western Russia near the Ukrainian border and at one spot in Crimea amid concerns that R...
By Jeffrey Edmonds, Michael Kofman & Jim Townsend
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Pentagon spotlights the Black Sea, but plans for confronting Russia remain murky
In The News
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled throughout the Black Sea region last week to promote the partnerships needed to mount a credible defense against Russia along the most ...
By Jim Townsend
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If the US and EU were divided on China, Aukus ‘betrayal’ just dug the trenches deeper
In The News
It was not a phone call from one of his American, Australian or British counterparts that informed the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell about a new Anglophonic defence alliance...
By Jim Townsend
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Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the Uyghurs
In The News
Frustrated with the U.S., Ukraine is cutting deals with a rival superpower, inviting China to build infrastructure while holding back criticism of Beijing's human rights recor...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden picks Russia pro for key Pentagon post
In The News
President Joe Biden is set to nominate the chief executive of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and a former National Security Council official on Russia to be the assistant secretar...
By Jim Townsend
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The Sticking Points of the Biden-Putin Summit
In The News
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin need a great deal from one another. The American commander in chief must call his counterpart to account for ongoing R...
By Jim Townsend
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US ambassador to Russia warned senators that Biden administration risks repeating predecessors' mistakes in dealing with Putin
In The News
The day before the White House announced that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would hold their first in-person meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the US ...
By Jim Townsend
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Turkey’s persistent watering down of anti-Russian language leaves NATO in bind
In The News
Turkey has repeatedly softened language in NATO statements condemning Russia, part of a broader pattern of muscle-flexing obstructionism within the Western security pact, and ...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia’s Buildup Near Ukraine Puts Team Biden on Edge
Russia is massing an unusual number of troops on the border with Ukraine, posing an early test for the Biden administration as it looks to repair relations with NATO allies an...
By Jim Townsend
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Declaring ‘America is back,’ Biden tries to regain Europe’s trust
In The News
President Biden tried to reassure U.S. allies Friday that he is turning the page on his predecessor’s “America first” approach, and restoring a foreign policy that values coop...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden Has First Call With Russian President Vladimir Putin
In The News
The White House said Tuesday that President Biden held his first call as president with Russian President Vladimir Putin and raised concerns about issues including the detaini...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia says it will follow US out of Open Skies Treaty. Can it still be saved?
In The News
Russian leaders on Friday announced plans to leave the Open Skies Treaty, two months after the Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the pact, further reducing slim hope...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden expected to push for heavy investment in Ukraine aid
In The News
As vice president, Joe Biden ran point for the Obama administration on Ukraine, pushing to assist the beleaguered ally in ways President Barack Obama was not always comfortabl...
By Jim Townsend
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The Trump administration is considering moving U.S. Africa Command. It won’t be cheap or easy.
The Trump administration’s effort to relocate the U.S. military headquarters that oversees operations in Africa could cost at least $1 billion and create new diplomatic and lo...
By Jim Townsend
