Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?
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Won’t Drill Baby Won’t Drill
Don’t expect domestic fracking companies and the Wall Street investors getting rich off them to fill any gap in Russian petrochemicals.
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Worse Than a Crime; It’s a Blunder
Anatol Lieven on the meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response
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On Ukraine: Bernie vs. DSA
Today on TAP: One socialist gets it right. Some other socialists don’t.
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The Ukraine Crisis: Another Chapter in the Russian-American Carbon Rivalry
The U.S. and Russia have vied to serve Europe with energy since the 1940s. The current tensions in Ukraine must be viewed in that context.
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Viva Portugal!
Today on TAP: The Portuguese Socialist Party wins an absolute governing majority.
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Understanding Ukraine
The Quincy Institute’s Anatol Lieven explains Russian and Ukrainian intentions, and how the U.S. has ‘trapped ourselves by our own rhetoric.’
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Ukraine 2022: An Avoidable Train Wreck?
Despite the drumbeat for war, the broad outlines of a brokered agreement are discernible.
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Ukraine, Putin, and Aida
Today on TAP: It’s not military attack that Russia’s president fears. It’s the specter of liberalism.
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France’s Éric Zemmour Has Already Transformed America’s Far Right
The far-right pundit may not become the next president of France, but his ideas have influenced American nationalists for a decade.