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Using Ukraine as Cannon Fodder
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Needs a Plan B
America’s “Plan A” in Ukraine is on life support.
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SCOTT RITTER: Requiem for NATO’s Nightmare
The dysfunction of the Atlantic military alliance over Ukrainian membership was just the most public manifestation of the debacle that was the Vilnius summit.
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The Balloon Goes Up – How Far Will The NATO Allies Go To Fight Their Losing War In The Ukraine – How Much More Will They Risk Losing Of Their Post-1945 Territorial Gains
When the Ukrainian and NATO forces have lost their war in eastern Ukraine by Christmas, what will happen to the rump of western Ukraine?
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When facts cut through the fog of war
As the Ukraine counteroffensive grinds on, conditions on the ground are now too obvious to ignore. Is it time for talking, yet?
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Did the US know the Ukraine offensive might fail, and if so, when?
This also begs the question of whether Washington will recognize when it must start pushing for an armistice.
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US admits to pushing Ukraine into a fight it can’t win
A US “windfall” in Ukraine comes at an unfathomable cost.
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Ukraine and the pitfalls of foreign aid
The international effort at rebuilding Afghanistan holds many lessons for organizing the reconstruction of post-war Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Stalled Offensive Puts Biden in Uneasy Political Position
Administration’s hopes that Kyiv could negotiate with Moscow fade with slow progress on the ground
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Glimpses of an endgame in Ukraine
The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. The Russian objectives of “demilitarisation” and “de-Nazification” of Ukraine wore a surreal look. The western narrative that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, where central issue is the Westphalian principle of national sovereignty, wore thin progressively leaving a void.