Farrell Gregory and Grant Turner’s latest for Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) Commentary: On 28 February, President Trump and Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy were expected to sign a preliminary critical materials and mineral deal. The partnership intended to finance Kyiv’s defence against Russia, its post-war reconstruction and the repayment of US assistance via a joint […]
The Institute of World Politics (IWP) recently hosted a panel concerning the Russia-Ukraine War, which was covered by C-SPAN2. Topics included the risks of negotiating with Russia, Russian propaganda about the war, and what to expect amid reports of a possible temporary ceasefire. It featured IWP Professor Glen Corn and
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Yorktown Institute’s Seth Cropsey and Grant W. Turner contributed an article on the Three Seas Initiative to EIR’s report, “From Synergy to Strategy in the Black Sea Region: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges.” Due to formatting restrictions, we have assembled a supplementary document to attribute sources, make additional points, and provide
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On May 9, Russia’s annual Victory Day celebration, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war effort in Ukraine. This is the latest sign of the nations’ strengthening ties, following the White House’s March 30 announcement that the Kremlin is once again seeking to trade food and other supplies
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The May 4 shootdown of a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile by a Ukrainian-manned, US-made, Patriot missile system might be seen to indicate that the new class of weaponry is neither invulnerable nor revolutionary, as Russia, US military officials, and many in the media have proclaimed. This lends credence to those who have argued that
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After Russia’s full-scale February 24th invasion of Ukraine, those sympathetic to the defenders began using Ukrainian names and pronunciations, ending the common Russian nomenclature. The long overdue shift is important because language is political. Commendable progress has been made, but as we approach the one-year mark of Russia’s intensified aggression, several other issues of
