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Is a US-Russia War Becoming Inevitable? Jul. 15, 2022
At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finl... Read More
Dictator Envy Jul. 13, 2022
Some Western leaders envy dictators' powers. President Donald Trump said, when North Korea's Kim Jon... Read More
Weak Knees and Atrocity Fatigue: Putin Pins His Hopes on a Wavering West Jun. 07, 2022
As Vladimir Putin's missiles continued to reduce Ukrainian churches, homes and shelters to rubble, a... Read More
Finland and Sweden on the Verge of Joining NATO May. 04, 2022
NATO has 30 members. By the end of June, the roster may grow to 32, should Finland and Sweden join. ... Read More
Honoring Albright: Making Certain the Ukrainians Win May. 03, 2022
At Madeleine Albright's funeral last week, former President Bill Clinton recalled one of his last co... Read More
A Russian Soldier Put a Bullet Through the Poet's Head, Part II Apr. 23, 2022
"But how do we remove Stalin from Stalin's heirs?" Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko asked in his 196... Read More
April Brings Uncertain Things, Now and Then Apr. 20, 2022
WASHINGTON — Dear April, national poetry month, are you the cruelest month? The first line of ... Read More
Putin Funds Fake Protests, Rattles Nukes Apr. 20, 2022
Fake protests throughout the world and threats of nuclear war — in 2022 we witness a violent e... Read More
On the Edge: Democracy in the Balance, Here and Elsewhere Apr. 19, 2022
With heartbreaking videos of mass graves filled with Ukrainian victims of Russian genocide, civilian... Read More
A Russian Soldier Put a Bullet Through the Poet's Head, Part I Apr. 16, 2022
Before withdrawing from the smoldering cities of Bucha and Borodyanka in the first week of April, Ru... Read More
Ukraine Tragedy Rolls on From a Cruel April Apr. 13, 2022
WASHINGTON — As the Easter Egg Roll goes on at the White House, Ukraine shows us what democrac... Read More
Ukraine Needs Offensive Weapons -- And Needs Them Now Apr. 13, 2022
My column last week ended with this paragraph: "A half-dozen NATO nations are sending Ukraine severa... Read More
High Achievers: America's Diplomats Do Us Proud on Ukraine Apr. 12, 2022
The best line about low expectations for diplomacy belonged to Adlai Stevenson, President John F. Ke... Read More
Ukraine's Clocks: Has the Peace Clock Begun to Tick? Apr. 06, 2022
Though they "tick" at different rates, several notional clocks symbolizing intertwined military, dip... Read More
Heroes And Crooks: Ukraine Teaches Americans A Thing or Two and More Apr. 05, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's rebuff of the suggestion that he be evacuated from his bes... Read More
Biden Should Remember the Downsides of Regime Change Mar. 30, 2022
When Joe Biden ended his speech in Warsaw, Poland, with an unscripted declaration that Vladimir Puti... Read More
Ukraine: The Politics Behind Biden's Reluctance to 'Do More' Mar. 24, 2022
Both political parties accuse President Joe Biden of not doing more to help Ukraine, of not supplyin... Read More
Some Americans, Just Like Russians, Don't Know They're Being Played for Fools Mar. 23, 2022
A deeper dive into the ways Russia is prosecuting its propaganda war against Ukraine reveals startli... Read More
Reviving The Iran Deal Is More Than Another Display of Chronic Biden Ineptitude and Weakness Mar. 23, 2022
Even when the issues are terrorism and the threat of nuclear war (in the Middle East and Europe), el... Read More
Ukrainian Takeaway: A Strong National Defense and American Leadership Are as Needed as Ever Mar. 22, 2022
The first month of Russia's barbaric campaign to conquer Ukraine and the Ukrainians' inspiring resis... Read More
