Transpartisan group hits back at calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine
Imposing it would be akin to declaring a war with Russia, they write, and it “strains credulity” to think this would make America, or the world safer.
Imposing it would be akin to declaring a war with Russia, they write, and it “strains credulity” to think this would make America, or the world safer.
Putin and his cronies still find financial safe haven in the Emirates, which was recently added to a money laundering ‘gray list.’
In response to Western sanctions after the Ukraine invasion, Moscow has turned to the JCPOA talks to seek relief.
The new China-Russia friendship ‘without limits’ is being put to the test, the latest chapter in nearly 80 years of shifting power relations.
Abstaining in the recent UN resolution wasn’t the first time it had to defend Moscow while abhorring its actions.
Sending arms is not a panacea — statistics and history show more people will die, more buildings will be leveled, once the fight is joined.
It would not only split NATO, but could end up being one of the most disastrous foreign policy gambits ever taken by the US.
Beware of those declaring the world order has shifted or disappeared, pushing us toward another costly ‘generational’ conflict.
China risks secondary US sanctions should it help Russia avoid the economic penalties it has incurred after the invasion.
America’s UN mission was forced to amend its ambassador’s comments because of its own refusal to ban such weapons.
Kenya’s UN Ambassador went viral for chastising Moscow’s Ukraine invasion, but the principles of international law are crumbling on his own continent too.
Despite NATO membership, Ankara’s interests across Eurasia likely won’t bring it into direct conflict with Moscow.
Negotiation involving compromises on both sides will spare the people suffering, while preserving their sovereignty and independence.
The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to ‘deplore’ the Ukraine invasion, but past US actions may have dulled its impact.
Putin’s decision to invade almost instantly evaporated Moscow’s enormous lobbying advantages over Kyiv’s.
They don’t have much to lose by crossing Russia, but so far Tel Aviv has largely ignored Washington’s requests for back up.
Negotiations will be admittedly hard, but the alternative is truly too dangerous and difficult to contemplate.
The president’s plan to crack down on Putin’s cronies could have started years ago right here in the US.
Beijing appears to have put some daylight between itself and Moscow. Washington should be smart in its own next steps.
We must ensure Russia’s punishment is appropriate but avoids long-term damage — or we’re doomed to reliving the past.
He is certainly not the first president to use the pulpit to frame his foreign policy as an epic struggle between good and evil.