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Garry Kasparov reacts to Russia increasing military forces - MSNBC
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Kristen Welker, NBC Foreign Correspondent Matt Bradley, Renew Democracy Initiative Chairman Garry Kasparov, and Ambassador Bill Taylor joined Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the ongoing stand-off between Russia and Ukraine after Ukraine President Zelenskyy’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, and as Russia continues to increase military forces on Ukraine’s borders. “At the end of the day what we are talking about is such a big disparity between the Ukrainian military and the Russian military,” says Bradley. “Russians could take the key to capital within 48 hours.”
Navigating Ukraine, Biden offers frank assessments of unfamiliar allies in private - NBC News
President Joe Biden has for months grappled with differences within the Western alliance while navigating one of the trickiest foreign policy challenges to emerge since he took office: Russia’s threat to invade Ukraine. While administration officials and outside experts say the U.S. and its allies are more closely aligned now than even just weeks ago, Biden has riffed during private meetings about some of his counterparts involved in this crisis, according to people who have heard him use the descriptions in closed-door sessions...
Former Ambassador William Taylor Discusses Ukraine Crisis at IOP Forum - The Harvard Crimson
William B. Taylor, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, unmasked the Ukraine-Russia crisis at the first in-person John F. Kennecy Jr. Forum of the semester Wednesday, moderated by Belfer Center senior fellow Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky. Dobriansky and audience members grilled Taylor about the rising tensions at the Ukrainian border, to which the Russian military has deployed more than 100,000 troops. The deployment has escalated the simmering Russia-Ukraine conflict, which started in 2014 with Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and is now threatening to boil over...
South Korea, US, Japan show unity against North Korea's provocation - Yonhap
South Korea, the United States and Japan demonstrated a united front against North Korea's provocations via trilateral talks among their top diplomats in Honolulu, Saturday. Experts, in general, gave a positive assessment of the high-level session among the regional powers meant to find ways to engage with North Korea, especially its timing, despite no immediate breakthrough in sight...