Key Points
- Supporting Ukraine to victory against Russia is in the best interest of the United States.
- A world in which Russia prevails would be more dangerous and more expensive for…
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The world stands on a precipice, and the trends are not good. It was the United States whose economic wherewithal rescued Western civilisation in the Second World War and the Cold War. But whereas in 1945 the US…

President-elect Donald Trump is again signaling his interest in Greenland through a series of provocative statements in which he’s mused about the prospect of the U.S. taking ownership – perhaps by force or economic coersion – of the

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On Aug. 15, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
It will reportedly be the first time a Russian leader has set foot in Alaska since Russia sold…

BRUSSELS – Forget Europe. Were Henry Kissinger still alive, he’d be asking who to call to reach Germany, Belgium or even Bulgaria.
Around half a dozen countries in the European Union presently lack functioning governments. And with Ursula…
Eugene Rumer is the director and senior associate for the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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