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Q&A: Lithuania's Former Top Diplomat Says the U.S.-Russia Talks Feel a Bit Like the Hitler-Stalin Pact
A conversation with Gabrielius Landsbergis about the Munich Security Conference, the U.S.-Russia talks without Ukraine, and the future of Europe
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Luke Johnson
A Slain Ukrainian Writer's Unfinished Manuscript Shows Courage Amid Chaos
Victoria Amelina was killed in a 2023 Russian airstrike. It's a crime that her book on women and war is unfinished.
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Luke Johnson
Trump Obeyed in Advance to Putin
By making concessions ahead of a possible negotiation, Trump has given up the game on Ukraine
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What JD Vance Could Not Understand About Ukraine
Ukrainian realities and American unrealities
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Believe Trump's Threat Of Using the Military Against the 'Enemy From Within'
2020 Washington provides a preview of what 2025 might look like
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Trump's Embrace of Putin Could Lead to Endless War
Russia is already escalating after the Oval Office ambush
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Russia is Unrecognizable One Year After Putin's Invasion of Ukraine
Many Russians would rather forget about the war and go back to a simpler time. Unfortunately, the country has undergone a moral collapse.
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Trump: The Threat We Face
What's left after an authoritarian wins a democratic election
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The Authoritarian Bargain That Trump Didn't Make
Instead, he fell into the dictator trap -- three months in.
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​​Q&A: A Historian Explains Hitler's Rise to Power — and the Parallels to Trump
In a new book, Timothy Ryback writes that Hitler lied about elections and used courts to his political advantage in his relentless quest for absolute…
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The Great Capitulation
Individuals are resisting Trump. Institutions? Not so much.
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The Vibe Shift in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Wars are very much real, but vibes matter too.
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