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Ukraine War, August 26, 2023: Republican unity and the fascist threat

Developing. We are publishing this article as it is being written. Please check back for updates Dispatches 1) Ruth Marcus, “Their hands don’t lie: Republican…

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The Ukraine war, August 25, 2023: The decline of truth and respect for expertise–The foreign policy ignorance of the American electorate and its portents

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Ukraine War, August 22, 2022: Germany says Ukraine has right to strike Moscow under international law

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Ukraine War, June 29, 2023: The Telegraph reports that the U.S. is close to approving long-range ATACMS rockets for HIMARS in Ukraine

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Ukraine War, June 2, 2023: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in eloquent speech, rejects negotiations at this point, “territorial concessions”, and any ceasefire which would freeze the conflict

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Ukraine War, May 30, 2023: Attacks on targets in Russia; U.K. breaks ranks with U.S.

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Ukraine War, April 21, 2023: Russia holds rotating presidency of U.N. Security Council for month of April; Lavrov to lead session on April 24 on “defending the principles of the U.N. Charter”

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Ukraine War, April 7, 2023 (REVISED AND UPDATED April 13, 2023): Macron botches visit to China and meetings with Xi Jinping

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China’s military threats against Taiwan violate the United Nations Charter

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Ukraine War, January 27, 2023: War in Ethiopia shows what’s at stake in Ukraine

Dispatches See, 1) José Naranjo (Dakar), “Etiopía, la guerra más mortal del siglo: 600.000 civiles muertos en dos años; Las estimaciones de las instituciones europeas…

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