Foreign Policy

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The Most Important Issue at the UN This Week

As the nations of the world meet in New York this week for the high-level week of the 79th session of the General Assembly, many important global issues will be debated and addressed. But the most important issue will be discussed, not in the General Assembly Hall, but on the sidelines. That is where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with leaders from the U.S. and U.K. for the next round of discussions on the U.S. granting permission for Ukraine to fire Western long-range missiles deeper inside Russian territory.

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The Damage Victoria Nuland Has Done

The State Department’s former top woman on Ukraine has been an invaluable source on Americans’ involvement in the war—particularly her own.

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New York Times’ Previous Reporting Undermines Its War Escalation Journalism

Warnings about major escalation of war — and potential nuclear war — take a backseat to think tank experts from the defense industry.

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Lavrov Explained What Russia Hopes To Achieve By Talking About Its Red Lines

Such rhetoric should be taken seriously, not downplayed, but it also shouldn’t be exaggerated either.

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Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time

Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western […]

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Opinion: The losing strategy of underestimating Russia

Russia remains a formidable power. The West should not assume it is a depleted military force.

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The Madness of Antony Blinken

Two years after the Pentagon shot down his ploy for a no-fly zone against Russia in Ukraine, the U.S. “top diplomat” has been at it again pushing an even more insane idea, writes Joe Lauria.

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Patrick Lawrence: The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans

Volodymyr Zelensky now says he wants to show Biden, and subsequently Harris and Trump, his “plan for victory over Russia.”

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Why U.S. Foreign Policy Won’t Grow Up

American foreign policy lacks Gaullist mesure.

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I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia

‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others