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Ukraine War Bleeds into Russia-U.S. Nuclear Talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared to tone down rhetoric threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but experts say the loose talk, coupled with a breakdown...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden and Putin Just Said They’re Open to Talks. Don’t Count on It Happening Soon.
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The show of solidarity with Ukraine was important, according to Nicholas Lokker, a research assistant with the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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After Kherson, Ukraine’s Military Ponders New Push South and East
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One of the Ukrainian military’s long-term goals appears to be an offensive that cuts south to occupied Melitopol, said Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at the Center...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden and Putin Just Said They’re Open to Talks. Don’t Count on It Happening Soon.
In The News
The show of solidarity with Ukraine was important, according to Nicholas Lokker, a research assistant with the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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New Policy Brief: "Supporting Russian Civil Society"
Press Release
Washington, December 1, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new policy brief, "Supporting Russian Civil Society: A Report of the Transatlantic...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Maria Snegovaya
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The New US Interest in Relations with Italy
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Following the meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Nick Lokker joined Formiche to discuss US-Italy relations. The interview cove...
By Nicholas Lokker
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NATO Faces New Challenge as Ukraine War Spills into Poland
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Jim Townsend, US deputy assistant defence secretary for Europe and NATO under former President Barack Obama, welcomed NATO’s approach. “I think NATO did a great job of being v...
By Jim Townsend
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Power Outages Darken Southern City as Ukraine Sees No Sign of Russian Pullback
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Michael Kofman, an adjunct senior fellow for the transatlantic security program at the Center for a New American Security, said on the War on the Rocks podcast last week that ...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia’s Rebuke Neuters U.N. Push to End War in Ukraine
The two votes encapsulated the United Nations’ power as a global forum and the hard limits on its ability to truly influence 21st-century conflicts, especially those involving...
By Jim Townsend
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Retreat or a Trap? Russia Signals a Surprise Withdrawal from a Key City, but Ukrainians Are Wary
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Yurii Sobolevskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Kherson regional council, remained cautious about the Russian forces’ intentions. “Within Kherson city limits, the number of Ru...
By Michael Kofman
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Russian Roadblock: U.N.’s Role in Ukraine Sharply Limited by Moscow’s Veto Power
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Two weeks before the U.N. condemnation, the 15-member Security Council considered a more substantive, binding measure forcing Moscow to abandon its war in Ukraine. Russia, one...
By Jim Townsend
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Hundreds of Russians Sanctioned over Ukraine War Are Not Barred from Entering Canada
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., said it’s surprising those sanctioned individuals are admissible “becaus...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter Dies at 68
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Carter was a key figure in the development of the U.S. initiative to disarm the nuclear arsenals of former Soviet states, helping c...
By Jim Townsend
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New CNAS Report: "Assessing Russian State Capacity to Develop and Deploy Advanced Military Technology"
Press Release
Washington, October 21, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Assessing Russian State Capacity to Develop and Deploy Advanced Milit...
By Michael Kofman, Richard Connolly, Jeffrey Edmonds, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Samuel Bendett
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The Arctic Ice between Russia and the US Is Melting. What’s at Stake at the Top of the World?
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Some Indigenous nations tell stories of the northern lights as torches guiding warriors to victory. Today experts say the Arctic is increasingly becoming a theatre of conflict...
By Jim Townsend
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As Russia Retreats, Abandoned Gear Joins Ranks of Ukraine Army
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On Monday, the Ukrainian defence ministry posted on its Twitter account a video of a Ukrainian vehicle towing what it said was the "latest model" of Russian T-90A tank out of ...
By Michael Kofman
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Israel Holds Fire amid Mounting Pressure from Ukraine
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Becca Wasser, senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for New American Security, said one reason the U.S. may not send its own Iron Dome is that it only has two, a...
By Becca Wasser
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A New NATO Heavyweight?
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German and French rhetoric, which often harped on not humiliating Putin and avoiding escalation, has become more in line with Polish and American sentiment. Foreign Minister A...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Armageddon’ Warning Reflects Biden’s Instincts about Putin
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Biden suggested that the threat was reminiscent of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, when the United States and Soviet Union came close to nuclear confrontation during the Col...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Sabotage of Gas Pipelines Were a ‘Warning Shot’ from Putin to the West, and Should Brace for More Subterfuge, Russia Experts Warn
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Russia's influence over Europe's energy supply has been a constant point of concern since the Ukraine war began in late February. The EU has been scrambling to find gas suppli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
