Between its stalled counteroffensive and divisions in the U.S. and Europe, Ukraine is stuck in a doom loop.
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Trump’s Plan to Destroy NATO Would Spark Untold Chaos
If America reneges on its treaty commitments, the result will be mass rearmament and likely nuclear proliferation.
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The Perilous Pursuit of Complete Victory in Ukraine
U.S. policymakers should listen to Gen. Clausewitz, not Gen. MacArthur.
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MAGA and MR(Russia)GA Worship the Same Bloody Gods
Today on TAP: It grows hard to distinguish the Putinists from Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Putin’s War Goes Sideways
Ukraine is starting the summer campaign, and his pet mercenary warlord marched on Moscow.
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On Russia, Where the Past Is Never Past
Today on TAP: The Wagner Group mutiny re-enacted aborted coups of yore.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Admin Hypes Growing Asian Market for American Gas
Biden officials are hawking an Alaska pipeline and gas export complex long seen as uninvestable. They promise skeptical investors sustained market access to Asia.
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Ukrainian Solidarity
Bill Fletcher argues that the American left should support efforts to fend off Russian aggression.
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Breaking Away From Secret Concessions in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia is exploiting great-power competition to obtain security commitments from the U.S. This should be rejected.
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Fossil Fuels Are a Clear and Present Danger to National Security
Joe Manchin has protecting America exactly backwards.