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Since his return to office in late January, U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear he wants to end the war in Ukraine as ...

Ukraine has considerable leverage in upcoming negotiations with Russia—as long as the United States stands by Kyiv and adopts ...

Perhaps the most consequential moment in this evolution occurred in 2016, when Donald Trump won the presidency of the United ...

HAL BRANDS is Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced ...

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When I asked how he got out of the situation, he said it was simple: “I told him that I wasn’t going to go to jail for him.” ...

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China and Russia’s 2022 proclamation of a “no limits” partnership with “no ‘forbidden’ areas” has had a far-reaching effect.