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Austin Meets New German Defense Minister over Ukraine Tank Support
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Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Obama administration, said the west should expect Russian forces to be cannier and more dug-in than the...
By Jim Townsend
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The U.S. Will Send a Patriot Air Defense System to Ukraine. How Will It Help?
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The announcement was made on a day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Washington, D.C. — his first trip outside of Ukraine since the war began — to plead for ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Forget Negotiations. Officials See Ukraine War Stretching for Months—or Years
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Essentially, neither side appears ready for concessions. Putin may not even have the capability to budge — if he wants to keep his grip on power, that is. “I don’t think the w...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Ruse That Could Dupe Putin Into Another Crushing Ambush
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In apparent anticipation of a Ukrainian campaign, Russian troops have been working to establish outposts and trenches near the Crimean border and in Donetsk and Luhansk, accor...
By Jim Townsend
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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.
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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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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
