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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Tucker, Pat, and Vladi: Bigots of the World, Unite!
Today on TAP: Fox may have turned to neo-czarism, but Pat Buchanan was there first.
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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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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.
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Nord Stream Pipeline Snarled in the U.S.-Russia ‘Fossil Energy War’
Discarded sanctions over Nord Stream were attempted protectionism for U.S. gas producers.
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The Biden-Scholz Connection
Today on TAP: The new German chancellor can be both an economic soul mate and a key ally on Ukraine policy.
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From Ukraine to Coronavirus: Trump’s Abuse of Power Continues
He will do anything—anything—to hold on to power.
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Was Putin Inevitable?
How policy blunders under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush helped bring about a post-communist Russia hostile to democracy, free markets, and the West