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U.S. Grapples with Risk of Nuclear War over Ukraine
If Putin does use nuclear weapons, he could seek a "demonstration effect" — perhaps by detonating a nuclear weapon over the Black Sea or in the Arctic — or deploy a smaller-yi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Pipeline Sabotage Is Mystery, but Putin, Russia Are Prime Suspects
Experts say damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines is a cynical use of a “gray zone” aggression that leaves few good options for retribution. “We have war-gamed this...
By Jim Townsend
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West ‘Dead Set’ against Russia’s Sham Annexation
The move to politically seize control of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine’s south and east was relatively costless for Putin. He played to his...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Russia’s Stripped Its Western Borders to Feed the Fight in Ukraine
Two European defense officials estimated there could be as few as 6,000 of the original 30,000 Russian ground forces left in Kaliningrad and near the Baltic region. Although t...
By Jim Townsend
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Putin’s Troop Call-Up Will Prolong but Not Win War: Experts
Michael Kofman, a defense specialist at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank, cautioned against dismissing the effort. It will help Moscow fortify t...
By Michael Kofman
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Here’s Why Putin Is Calling Up Veterans to Fight in His Ukraine War
Russian lawmakers appeared to recognize a growing problem with troop morale, desertions and surrender on Tuesday when they passed new harsher punishments for deployed Russian ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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The West Is Testing Out a Lot of Shiny New Military Tech in Ukraine
The breadth of information operations has led Brendan McCord, a hedge-fund manager who previously authored the Department of Defense’s first AI strategy, to describe this conf...
By Brendan McCord
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Joe Biden Warns of Global Disorder If Russia Is Not Stopped
Beyond the debating chamber, the global balance of power is changing. “Every day the war goes on, Russia’s military is degraded,” argues Richard Fontaine of the Centre for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Western Nations Will Take Temperature on Proposed Russian Oil Price Cap
American and European officials want to avoid sending energy prices soaring before the arrival of winter. European leaders are already grappling with high energy prices and th...
By Maria Snegovaya
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New CNAS Report: "Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics"
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By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Nicholas Lokker, Heli Hautala & Col James Frey
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The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance
While Ukraine may have an opportunity to recapture more territory in the east, U.S. and Ukrainian officials say the south is the most important theater of the war. “Kherson an...
By Michael Kofman
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Ukraine Rout in Kharkiv Has Russians on the Run: How Did They Pull It Off, and What Comes Next?
Such scenes are not necessarily unusual for armies in retreat. The phrase “bug out,” meaning a panicked reaction, entered the English lexicon following a particularly chaotic ...
By Chris Dougherty
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Turkey-Greece Tensions Could Disrupt NATO Unity, Experts Warn
Deep-rooted friction brought Turkey and Greece almost to the point of war three times in the last 50 years. Analysts speaking to VOA say they don’t see a resolution any time s...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Might be Buying North Korean Arms. But Are They Reliable?
Some North Korean artillery appears to be unreliable and ineffective, though. As an example, many defense experts cite North Korea’s 2010 shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong ...
By Michael Kofman
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As he arms Ukraine, Biden readies new weapon pipelines for Eastern Europe
The administration did not provide details of what specific capabilities the money will go toward, but it’s likely officials are looking to bolster air defenses in NATO’s east...
By Jim Townsend
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Drone Boats Are Joining the Ukraine War. But Will They Matter?
Samuel Bendett, a member of the Center for Naval Analyses’ Russia Studies Program and an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, is curious to see whether Uk...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia-Ukraine war: Algeria could face weapons crisis due to conflict, say analysts
Russian weapons sales to Algeria are likely to fall as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, but the North African country is so heavily reliant on Moscow for its military hard...
By Samuel Bendett
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Leader’s Legacy Mikhail Gorbachev ‘changed the world despite dying as a pariah in his own country,’ Us Expert Says
Gorbachev died on Tuesday at the age of 91 after a long illness, the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said. Jim Townsend, an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Center for a New A...
By Jim Townsend
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Can Russia Defeat U.S. HIMARS in Ukraine With Iran's Drones?
Russia is adding Iranian drones to its war arsenal, though experts aren't sure they will have a significant impact against the U.S.-supplied High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Sys...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia and the U.S. are entering ‘dangerous and uncharted’ nuclear territory
When President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin met face to face last year, they proudly touted how, “even in periods of tension,” Washington and Moscow could coope...
By Jeffrey Edmonds