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Mar 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
A historian corrects misunderstandings about Ukrainian and Russian history
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Ronald Suny, a Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Michigan. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what is left out.”
"The Conversation" ContributorOct 08 2019
News
Syria: Does sudden Trump move undermine US reliability?
What makes for a dependable ally? The U.S.-Kurdish alliance was successful against a common enemy, ISIS. Now President Trump is being criticized for a sudden move that exposes the Kurds in northern Syria.
President Donald Trump’s surprise Sunday night decision to pull U.S. troops from northern Syrian territory and acquiesce to a Turkish offensive there set off alarms in Washington that
Christian Science MonitorOct 08 2019
News
US Withdrawing From Syria
“U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended a decision [announced Sunday evening] to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, saying it was too costly to keep supporting U.S-allied, Kurdish-led forces in the region fighting Islamic State militants.” (Reuters)
Both sides are highly critical of the decision, arguing that it risks a resurgence of ISIS and hurts our credibility as a
The Flip SideOct 02 2020
News
Nagorno-Karabakh
“Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each other’s territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to mushroom into all-out war… Further stoking tensions between the two former Soviet republics, Armenia said a Turkish F-16 fighter jet had shot down one of its warplanes over Armenian
The Flip SideFeb 19 2021
News
Middle East policy
“The Biden administration on Thursday rescinded former president Donald Trump’s restoration of U.N. sanctions on Iran… Biden has said the United States wants to rejoin the [Iran deal] and the State Department said Thursday the U.S. would accept an invitation from the European Union to attend a meeting of the participants in the original agreement -- Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and
The Flip SideJul 31 2017
Headline Roundup
Pence in Estonia
Vice President Mike Pence on Monday assured the Baltic states of U.S. support if they faced aggression from Russia, telling them that Washington backs NATO's doctrine of collective defense.
NBC News (Online) Washington Times ReutersAug 02 2019
News
U.S. pulls out of Soviet-era nuclear missile pact with Russia
The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, something the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.
Washington signaled it would pull out of the arms control treaty six months ago unless Moscow stuck to the accord. Russia called the move a ploy to exit a pact the United States wanted to
ReutersJul 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Several European Partners Will not Join US in Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
Several European NATO members said they would not be joining the Biden Administration’s “difficult decision” to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions.
The Details: As of Saturday, Spain, Germany, Canada, and the U.K. said they won’t send cluster munitions to Ukraine, citing commitments to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which 111 countries have signed. Nine NATO states have not
Politico Reuters Daily MailMay 24 2016
Opinion
No, Russia Isn't Trying to Make Nuclear War Easier
Somehow, the notion that Russia has lowered its nuclear threshold has become a truism in recent years. Analysts and officials alike repeat the conventional wisdom that Russia’s doctrine is one of “escalate to de-escalate.” They reference Russian development of small-scale nuclear weapons, or nuclear “scalpels,” and Russian modernization more generally as evidence of the danger Russia poses.
National InterestJun 06 2019
News
Trump Honors D-Day Troops: ‘Your Legend Will Never Die’
President Trump marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy at a ceremony at the grave site of more than 9,380 American service members who were killed in the World War II landings and the operations that followed.
“To the men that sit behind me and to the boys that rest in the field before me, your example will never grow old,” Mr. Trump said, with an audience of
New York Times (News)