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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.