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Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

A lesson to all purveyors of the idea that Ukraine could be a 'steel porcupine' and avoid a mutual agreement to end the conflict. It's a trap.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speaking with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) at a meeting of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (a.k.a. U.S. Helsinki Commission) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Nov. 19, 2024.
Europe

The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go

It's become a shadow State Department that is undermining US foreign policy, particularly in Georgia

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Africa

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' in Spain?

Analysts accuse Morocco of unleashing undocumented migrants into Ceuta. Many note how Tel Aviv and Washington are seizing the moment with particular zeal.

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Iran, Ukraine wars depleted 'virtually all' US long-range missiles: Report

Today's munitions crisis is acute but has been years in the making

US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions
Europe

US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions

Lawmakers will feel good voting for Lindsey Graham's 'passion project' but it won't end the war and if anything hurts American economic and political interests

Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris
Europe

Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris

Gen. Charles de Gaulle would have never postponed the reinterment of French resistance hero Marc Bloch for the convenience of the American president