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President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for nearly two hours Friday, saying the U.S. wants Russian President Vladimir Putin to end to his war on Ukraine. Chinese state media said Xi told Biden that Beijing does not want crisis or conflict. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.
As Russian air tactics ravage more Ukrainian cities, U.S. and Ukraine officials warn Russian President Putin will likely increasingly include the systematic kidnapping of local leaders. Ukrainian authorities say at least four mayors have already been captured. One has been released.
With staunch Ukrainian resistance keeping Russian forces at bay in Europe, what lessons can China learn when weighing possible military options against Taiwan?
The people of Kyiv, Ukraine are embracing for urban warfare. Retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss Ukrainian resistance across the nation.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mona Yacoubian of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the role Russia's military played in Syria and what she thinks the legacy of that conflict is today.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is deeply saddened by the loss of Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be appointed the U.S. Secretary of State. Her commitment to bipartisanship in promoting democracy, human rights and peace has been an inspiration to generations of leaders.
The Morning Joe panel discusses the Ukrainian government's refuses to surrender besieged and devastated Mariupol, the international response to Putin's invasion, and what the Ukrainian people will accept as an end to this war.
DR. DON JENSEN, director for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace and REP. CHRIS SMITH, US Congressman from New Jersey and Senior Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs discuss the latest on the US response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Congress, however, will take some action based on the finding, analysts say. This is "the opening salvo in the roll-out of a wider US strategy for responding to the current situation in Myanmar that has been requested by the Senate," Ms Priscilla Clapp, a former top US diplomat in Myanmar and now a senior adviser at USIP.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States accused the Russian military of committing “genocide," arguing its tactics show “no military objective.” Ambassador Oksana Markarova made the comments about Russia’s disregard for civilian life and infrastructure during a panel conversation hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace.