The decision to renew the agreement will delay concerns that Russia could withdraw from the initiative.By: Connor Echols Russia and Ukraine agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal for 120 days on Thursday, a move that […]
The war in Ukraine has forced Washington to recalibrate its priorities when it comes to its relationship with Ankara.By: Connor Echols Two weeks ago, a massive explosion rocked a busy road in Istanbul, killing six […]
Three new books dissent from the orthodoxy, helping to illuminate key aspects of the conflict and the crisis between Russia and the West.By: James Carden Heading into its tenth month, the war in Ukraine, and […]
Again doubling down on the ‘open door’ mantra, why does the alliance continue to send the wrong signals to Kyiv? Written byBy: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos NATO ministers today doubled down on their “open-door” policy to […]
https://61ed21ec0c0b441ce228a028b5ac56e3.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html The impending winter of 1812-13 forced Napoleon’s withdrawal from Moscow, a retreat from which his Grande Armee never recovered. The winter of 1941-42 sealed the ultimate fate of the invading armies of Adolf Hitler’s […]
by Ted Snider As the intense combat and missile strikes show, peace is still a distant hope in Ukraine. But, for the first time in a long time, a faint diplomatic pulse has been found. In […]
by Ted Snider Once a year, Cuba raises its head above the fence around America’s backyard and calls out to the world to condemn its imprisonment. And, once a year, the US, despite all its lofty […]
by Ted Snider In his March 21 press briefing, State Department spokesman Ned Price told the gathered reporters that “President Zelenskyy has also made it very clear that he is open to a diplomatic solution that does […]
by Ted Snider In February 2019, the election in Venezuela did not go the way the U.S. had scripted it. So, the U.S. stuck with the script and ignored the election. Though Hugo Chávez’ successor, Nicolás […]
by Ted Snider At the NATO foreign ministers’ summit in Bucharest on November 29, both the foreign ministers of the member states and the Secretary-General of NATO, General Jens Stoltenberg, renewed NATO’s 2008 pledge to welcome […]