Recently, scholar Mark Galeotti published “Peace, Partition or Stalemate,” which assesses prospective scenarios for how the war started by Russian President Vladimir Putin might end. The peace outcome will almost certainly entail that Russia keep some of its gains in…
So how did that work when Joe Biden announced that Vladmir Putin is a “butcher” who “cannot remain in power” only for Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to follow up with a pay-no-attention-to-the angry-old-guy-shouting-at-the-clouds correction. According to Blinken, the United…
For the third time in just over a century, America may emerge as the biggest winner of a war in Europe. The years preceding February 2022 were fraught with uncertainty over the future of American power. Once-stalwart European allies were…
I begin with the premise that Putin is not a madman, neither insane nor crazy. If your politics requires you to deem otherwise, you cannot reach an agreement with him. Democrats like to believe that Trump and Putin both are…
Adding a fourth nuclear power to NATO would go a long way toward restoring deterrence. Bent on reestablishing Russia’s empire, dictator Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. His ambitions don’t stop at its western border. Could NATO, particularly the U.S., U.K., and…
For most Americans the horrific Russian invasion has introduced them to Ukraine for the first time. For me, this happened a half century ago. Ronald Reagan’s 1980 political campaign was seeking to win the support of previously Democratic ethnic groups,…
A tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris sent out on Tuesday has become the latest in a series of miscalculations to spark international concern. The tweet signals a disconnect between Harris and the administration, as the vice president’s comments were…
On Tuesday, a small caravan of military vehicles drove past my window, on their way to the center of town a few blocks away. A look at the local newspaper provided the explanation that for a few days this week…
There is only one man on Earth who holds sway over Vladimir Putin, the rogue, isolated president of the Russian Federation who has fractured Europe in a way not seen since Adolf Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, after…
