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** Putin’s move on Donestk, Lugansk is illegal but falls short of new ‘invasion’ ([link removed])
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By Anatol Lieven on Feb 21, 2022 07:06 pm
The next steps are critical: we must hold threat of full scale sanctions and a Ukrainian military response, unless Russia extends farther.
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** What the US should offer Russia to stave off war in Ukraine ([link removed])
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By Anatol Lieven on Feb 21, 2022 07:39 am
In talks with Sergei Lavrov this week, Secretary Blinken certainly has diplomatic options. The question is, will he pursue the right ones?
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** In many cases, our attempts to help US track civilian deaths went nowhere ([link removed])
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By Sanjana Varghese on Feb 21, 2022 03:06 am
Airwars says it worked with the military to identify incidents, but newly classified docs show that in many cases, they were ignored.
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** Could today’s media hysteria lead us into a war? ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Feb 18, 2022 03:33 am
Overwrought coverage stoked by alarmist officials and pundits can both shape and ratify bad policy decisions. We've seen it before.
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** Massive folly: Biden’s 2023 defense budget could top $800 billion ([link removed])
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By William Hartung on Feb 18, 2022 03:00 am
The reported request is grotesque, particularly when considering today's unconstrained Pentagon waste.
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** House GOP opens a new shameful chapter in diplomatic sabotage ([link removed])
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By Ryan Costello on Feb 18, 2022 03:00 am
A letter signed by more than 160 Republicans promising to kill the Iran nuclear deal could have been drawn up by hardliners in Tehran.
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** Chas Freeman on Nixon, China, and ‘the week that changed the world’ ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Feb 17, 2022 03:46 am
Video: The young foreign service officer was the interpreter for the president on that trip 50 years ago, and had a front row seat to history.
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** How the best hope for avoiding a Russia crisis vanished without a trace ([link removed])
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By Elisabeth Brocking on Feb 16, 2022 03:17 am
The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces between NATO and former Warsaw Pact countries was destroyed at our peril.
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