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Washington Politics

Trump national security logic: rare earths and fossil fuels

For all its defects, the new National Security Strategy is an ice-breaker, and opens up policy space not seen in 40, 50 or perhaps 60 years.

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Europe

Ukraine's own pragmatism demands 'armed un-alignment'

Rather than basing a deal on security promises it cannot credibly keep, Washington should instead help Kyiv prepare for self-sufficiency

Bart De Wever
Europe

EU avoids risky precedent in Ukraine aid deal

Fears over legal liability and euro credibility derailed push to tap frozen Russian assets

Von Der Leyen Zelensky
Europe

They are calling fast-track Ukraine EU bid 'nonsense.' So why dangle it?

It's supposed to soften the blow for lost NATO membership. But Kyiv is hardly ready and not all members are enthusiastic.

Amanda Sloat
Europe

Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable

She isn't the first to admit — after the fact — that taking NATO off the table to avoid Russian invasion was considered, and dismissed

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Washington Politics

A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world

NSS is actually more realist about the US role going forward than critics want to admit