Global Crises
Diplomacy Watch: A practical plan for a ceasefire in Ukraine
A new RAND report offers some useful suggestions for finally putting an end to the war
September 19, 2025
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Europe
Did this week's US-NATO-Russia meetings push us closer to war?
Washington's insistence on digging in over NATO expansion and pushing sanctions is setting up a major disaster for both sides.
January 13, 2022
Europe
Ukrainian neutrality: a 'golden bridge' out of the current geopolitical trap
It may just be the ultimate agreement that neither the US or Russia can refuse.
January 03, 2022
Europe
Time to mind the 'credibility' trap
The accursed word has now entered the debate on Ukraine, threatening to push the US onto the conveyor belt of a conflict we won't win.
December 16, 2021
Europe
Divining Putin: What Russia is willing to do (or not) for its own interests
The further the Biden administration kicks the Ukraine issue down the road, the greater the chance for something to set it off.
October 27, 2021
Europe
Ice breaking? Russia waives ban on Victoria Nuland
Along with the bad, there seems to be a number of goodwill gestures on both sides in hopes of building trust.
October 20, 2021
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