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President Joe Biden remains the most reluctant among NATO allies to grant Ukraine a quick pathway to join the alliance, setting up a contentious debate at the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week with eastern flank members who are eager for the war-torn country to join as soon as its conflict with Russia ends...
The highly anticipated 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania is set to take place this coming week. As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping his nation gets an invite to join the alliance. However, NATO leaders are divided over if and when Ukraine...
The goal of the meetings was to create a foundation for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. Former Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, joins...
There is no indication that the Wagner Group’s failed rebellion lead to any gaps in Russia’s defenses in Ukraine. But it could have a debilitating effect on moral amongst Russian soldiers and Vladimir Putin’s image as an invincible strongman. Former Ambassador William Taylor outlines what...
Solid majorities of Americans support providing weaponry to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia and believe that such aid demonstrates to China and other U.S. rivals a will to protect U.S. interests and allies, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey. The two-day poll that was concluded on Tuesday...
A majority of Americans support giving weapons to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Reuters/Ipsos survey, conducted over two days, found 65 percent of respondents want the U.S. to continue arming Ukraine, compared to 48 percent who said the same...
Putin bet he had more staying power than the West, but his Ukrainian quagmire now poses clear risks for Russia's political stability. Russian President Vladimir Putin's Ukraine strategy has rested on a big assumption: that his autocratic government could outlast Western democracies, whose leaders are more...
Ukrainian forces are navigating giant minefields and mounting initial attacks on Russian positions along a sprawling front line, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said, as Kyiv takes the first, halting steps of what is expected to be a prolonged and punishing counteroffensive campaign. Ukrainian officials...
President Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the US and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences. In his first public comments about the matter...
The U.S. and allies have major concerns about the consequences of instability in Russia, even as the chaos raises opportunities to strengthen Ukraine’s position diplomatically and militarily. There are any number of aftereffects to look for in the fallout from the weekend mutiny attempt launched...