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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Most Americans Don’t Want War With Russia. Where Are Progressives?
Anti-war politicians have become willing to criticize failed adventurism in the Middle East. They’re more reluctant to pump the brakes on Ukraine.
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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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How Ukraine Became a Flashpoint
Today on TAP: Why the hell did we expand NATO eastward in the 1990s?
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Corporate Ties and Drawdown: Foreign Policy in 2021
The best from our outgoing managing editor Jonathan Guyer and our global affairs coverage this year
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A Better Way in the Middle East
For America, the Baghdad dialogue makes far more strategic sense than the Abraham Accords.
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The Narrow Path to Averting War Over Ukraine
Hawks on both sides need to back off. The resolution of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is a useful analogy.