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Von Der Leyen Zelensky
Europe

Fast-track Ukraine EU bid is being called '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

White house
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

Polymarket ISW
Washington Politics

Think tanker altered Ukraine war map before big Polymarket payout

The Institute for the Study of War disavowed the edit, removed the employee, but is staying quiet, raising questions about the credibility of ISW and prediction gambling

‘This ain’t gonna work’: How Russia pulled the plug on Assad
Middle East

‘This ain’t gonna work’: How Russia pulled the plug on Assad

On the first anniversary of the Syrian regime's fall, Neil Partrick explains how a 50-year dynasty collapsed in a few short weeks

NATO ambassador: don't hate on the sausage before it's made
QiOSK

NATO ambassador: don't hate on the sausage before it's made

Matthew Whitaker came out swinging in defense of Trump's National Security Strategy at the Doha Forum