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Why Russia’s Manpower Advantage May Not Be Enough to Win the War in Ukraine
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The government’s reluctance to declare a new call-up is understandable; it’s likely that the last order in September resulted in more Russians fleeing the country — as many as...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden Challenged by Softening Public Support for Arming Ukraine
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Others like Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the uncertainty is all the more reason for the president to be aggressive an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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An End to the War Doesn’t Mean the End of Putin
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Wars, won or lost, rarely unseat strongmen like Putin. A 2016 study by scholars Sarah Croco and Jessica Weeks found that since 1919, authoritarian leaders atop highly personal...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own
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At the same time, U.S. officials have advised President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — with the views of nonaligned countries in mind — that it is in his interest not to appe...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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After a Year of War, Ukraine's Military is Facing a New Test of Its Resolve, Holding the Line Until Key Weapons Arrive
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"We're going to find ourselves in a logistics race when it comes to who can stay resupplied with the basics like ammunition," Jim Townsend, the former deputy assistant secreta...
By Jim Townsend
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Global Financial Watchdog Suspends Russia’s Membership
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“The measure is both an important political statement as well as a recognition of the threats to the global financial system posed by Russia. The FATF identified Russia’s invo...
By Alex Zerden
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Putin’s Wartime Bluster Obscures Russia’s Precarious Future
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Sanctions imposed by Group of Seven (G-7) countries — the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom — and the European Union are aimed at strangling P...
By Emily Kilcrease
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These Battles and Major Moments have Shaped a Brutal Year of War in Ukraine
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The weeks-long battle for Kyiv matters because "they were able to show that they were up to the fight — 'Give us the tools and we'll do the job' kind of thing," Jim Townsend, ...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden and Putin's dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off
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At the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend, the world’s national security influencers’ attention was on the war in Ukraine — particularly, on how to get Ukraine mor...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia’s New Start Speech is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former Ambassador
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That fits with how Moscow has historically handled such negotiations. [John] Tefft recalled previous similar displays, such as in 1983 when negotiators working for the then So...
By Samuel Bendett
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Putin’s Move on Nuclear Treaty May Signal End to Formal Arms Control
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It was a reminder of how fragile the scant remaining restraints on nuclear weapons worldwide appear, 14 years after President Barack Obama, in a signature speech in Prague, ca...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin
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“Everyone — Ukraine, Europe and now countries in Asia — wants to rearm,” Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republica...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who really leads Europe
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“The West is now unified in its aims,” wrote Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, from this weekend’s conference in Munich. “Lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry
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“The Ukraine conflict has been an important wake-up call for decision makers at the Pentagon,” says Martijn Rasser, director of technology and national security at the Center ...
By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
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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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New CNAS Report: "Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics"
Read the Full Report:...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Nicholas Lokker, Heli Hautala & Col James Frey
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Russia and the U.S. are entering ‘dangerous and uncharted’ nuclear territory
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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
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How Bigger Kamikaze Drones Expected From U.S. Could Boost Ukraine's Fight
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Experts believe that the attributes of the large drones could help Ukraine in an expected upcoming effort to regain territory lost to Russia this year in the Kherson region an...
By Samuel Bendett
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Delayed kamikaze drone for Ukraine on track for next month: Pentagon
While Russia’s five-month-old invasion of Ukraine has mostly been an artillery war, thousands of drones are being used by both sides, and both the United States and Russia hav...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia’s naval doctrine may call for challenging the West, but does it have the shipyards?
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Much like the United States, China and other countries though, traditional warships are only one part to the future fleet Russia wants to build. Another element that the count...
By Samuel Bendett
