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Searching for better Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Editors at National Review Online seek improvements in a plan to end a war on Europe’s eastern edge. It’s been a confusing and dispiriting couple of days for the administration’s…
Crimea
Eastern European peninsula, in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine (de jure) and Russia (de facto)
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Warning against learning wrong lessons from Russiagate
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online critiques a top Trump administration official. Do Trump intelligence officials speak with each other? Does Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, read the…
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Can Putin Claim Victory in Ukraine?
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online ponders Vladimir Putin’s likely spin on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I worry that Vladimir Putin is going to come away from the invasion…
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Putin Should Be Resisted, Not Appeased
Matthew Continetti writes at the Washington Free Beacon about the proper response to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin has deployed some 100,000 troops to Russia’s border with Ukraine. He…
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State Department official says Russians aren’t supporting Trump, Hillary, or any American
Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a warning from a top official in the U.S. State Department. Russia’s aggressive influence and cyber operations targeting the United States are…
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Forget Russian ‘collusion’ and focus on fighting
David French urges National Review Online readers to pay attention to recent news from Syria. … [T]hat brings me to one of the most momentous mysteries of the new year.…
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Putting Putin in perspective
Christopher Caldwell explains in the latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis why Russians support strongman Vladimir Putin more than they support democratic capitalism. Russia retains elements of a kleptocracy based…
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Obama’s red (blue?) line for Putin
Paul Roderick Gregory writes at Forbes.com that there’s only one type of offense for which President Obama will stand up against Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s transgressions. Here is what the…
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A political paradox
Richard Fernandez writes at PJMedia.com about one of the more perplexing trends associated with the overgrowth of government at home and abroad. One of the most puzzling aspects of current…
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Historian Johnson ponders the U.S. abdication
Historian Paul Johnson devotes his latest Forbes column to the Obama administration’s concerted effort to minimize the American role in world affairs. UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA the U.S. has effectively abdicated…
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Hanson identifies his ‘four horsemen’
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column for National Review Online focuses on four key threats to American foreign policy. The U.S. and its allies are faced with four major threats, and…
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Forbes attempts to make sense of Obama’s world-view
Steve Forbes attempts within the pages of the latest issue of Forbes magazine to explain what he labels as President Obama’s “perverse view of the world.” WANT TO GET a…