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Ukraine War, January 12, 2023: Putin restores old guard to command over Ukraine war

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Ukraine War, December 10, 2022: Boris Johnson urges transfer of advanced weapons, greater military aid to Ukraine; Biden signals NATO that U.S. policy respecting Putin’s “red line” regarding attacks on targets in Russia will not change

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Ukraine War, December 7, 2022: Germany supports Ukrainian arracks on Russian territory

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Ukraine War, October 28, 2022: Biden needs to speak to Putin in language he understands; Biden makes sure Ukraine fights with one hand tied behind its back

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Ukraine War, October 26, 2022: The context for analysis of current developments; The “dirty bomb” as a Russian propaganda distraction from current war crimes

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Ukraine War, October 10, 2022: Decision time for Biden–respond to Russian escalation in a way that gets Putin’s attention, or cave in to his nuclear threats

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Ukraine War, August 28, 2022: New Chinese white paper points to military conquest of Taiwan

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Ukraine War, August 17, 2022: It is time to get serious and end this war

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Ukraine War, August 16, 2022: Putin, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and the risk of nuclear war

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Ukraine War, August 2, 2022 (II): China and Taiwan in Putin’s new world order

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Ukraine War, August 2, 2022 (I): Pelosi’s reckless visit to Taiwan, and Biden’s failure of foreign policy leadership

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Ukraine War, June 30, 2022: On the road to appeasement–The EU wavers on sanctions against Russia in the case of Kaliningrad

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Ukraine War, June 6, 2022: The West is headed toward defeat in Ukraine

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Ukraine War, June 5, 2022 (II): The Ukraine war recedes in our consciousness, but not in reality and its portents

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Ukraine War, May 11, 2022 (I): Spinning leaked revelations about intelligence sharing, U.S. officials evidence continued confusion about international law; Azovstal steelworks fighters plead for evacuation of wounded; France and Germany push back on American war aims; U.S. should limit war aims to requirements of U.N. Charter and international law

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Ukraine War, May 10, 2022 (II): The hard work ahead in the non-allied countries, to get them to joint the anti-Russian coalition

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Ukraine War, May 2, 2022: American intelligence indicates Putin plans to annex southern Ukraine; If Russia annexes southern Ukraine, “Permanent War” likely; U.S. intelligence agencies provide critical assistance to Ukraine

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