Commentary: Putin’s Escalation Psyop
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Kurt Volker: NATO Should Shoot Down Russian Missiles Over Ukraine That Threaten Its Territory
The warnings that Russia might test a limited incursion into NATO territory in the near future ...
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Volker Calls for NATO-Ukraine ‘Exclusion Zone’ to Protect Allied Territory From Russian Missiles
As the United States manages a shortage of critical munitions, the U.S. intelligence community has reportedly ...
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Ian Brzezinski: NATO Has the Tools to Deter Russia, But May Lack the Mindset
NATO's military and economic power may dwarf Russia's, but for former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of ...
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‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’: How Decades of Munitions Neglect Left the U.S. Unprepared
As Russia pounds Ukraine’s capital with a near-daily barrage of ballistic missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ...
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The Future Came Early to Georgia: Inside Russia’s 2008 War That Tested the West
By Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, Georgian forces were retreating toward Tbilisi. Ambassador John Tefft, holed up ...
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Douglas Lute: Putin’s Options ‘Have Narrowed Dramatically’ in Ukraine — and Beyond
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s options in his war against Ukraine “have narrowed dramatically,” says former U.S. ...
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Commentary: Coalition of the Unlikely — A Fledgling Anti-Kremlin Front Emerging in Eurasia
Brian Whitmore is a contributor writing for Independence Avenue Media. The views expressed are the author’s ...
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U.S. Troop Cuts in Europe: Why Ian Brzezinski Calls Them a Mistake
Ian Brzezinski, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of ...
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Esper: Russia Remains a Threat — and Too Many NATO Allies Aren’t Ready for It
Mark Esper is a “big believer in NATO” and says it should be prepared to take ...
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