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Apr 29 2022
Analysis
Biden’s Dangerous New Ukraine Endgame: No Endgame
In a dramatic series of shifts this week, U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO allies have escalated their policy of helping to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression into a policy of undermining the power and influence of Russia itself. In so doing, some observers fear, they are leaving Russian President Vladimir Putin little choice but to surrender or double down militarily, raising the
Foreign PolicyJun 21 2022
News
With New Colombian President, the Left Surges in Latin America
When President Biden invited Colombian President Iván Duque to the White House in March, he told him that “Colombia is the linchpin, in my view, to the whole hemisphere, north and south.”
Mr. Biden thanked Mr. Duque for swiftly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said the U.S. would designate Colombia, which has since 2000 received $13 billion in aid to fight drugs, a major non-
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 02 2022
News
Ukraine tensions: US trying to draw Russia into war, Putin says
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine.
He said America's goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose more sanctions on Russia.
Mr Putin also said the US was ignoring Russia's concerns about the expansion of Nato, the Western military alliance which Ukraine is seeking to join.
The US and its
BBC NewsDec 01 2022
News
Biden enters a new type of tango with Paris
The smiles will be wide, the silverware glittering and the toasts will be to alliance and fraternité.
Showing off a White House decked out for the holidays, President Joe Biden will host his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for the first state dinner of his administration in what is planned to be a festive tribute to the United States’ oldest ally.
But behind the outward good
PoliticoApr 07 2022
News
Ukraine pleads for weapons as fight looms on eastern front
Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send “weapons, weapons and weapons” Thursday after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup for an offensive in the country’s east.
Russia’s six-week-old invasion failed to take Ukraine’s capital quickly and achieve what Western countries say was
Associated PressJan 29 2022
News
US to heighten troop presence in eastern Europe, says Biden
Joe Biden said on Friday that he will be moving US troops to eastern European and Nato countries “in the near term” as tensions rise over Russia’s military buildup on the borders of Ukraine.
The Pentagon has already placed about 8,500 US troops on stand-by for possible deployment to Europe amid Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine’s border.
“I’ll be moving troops to eastern
The GuardianJan 26 2022
Analysis
Why Germany’s Ukraine Approach Differs From Western Allies’
As the United States continues to pursue diplomacy amid a Russian military buildup near Ukraine’s borders, recent developments have put NATO’s ability to present a united front in question.
On Friday, it emerged that Germany was blocking NATO ally Estonia from transferring German-origin howitzer artillery to Ukraine, while off-the-cuff remarks from Germany’s navy chief Kay-Achim
Foreign PolicyAug 10 2022
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China calls U.S. 'main instigator' of Ukraine crisis
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the "main instigator" of the crisis.
In an interview with the Russian state news agency TASS published on Wednesday, China's ambassador to Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, accused Washington of backing Russia into a corner with
ReutersDec 17 2021
News
Russia Ukraine: Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions
Russia has demanded strict limits on the activities of the US-led Nato military alliance in countries in Eastern Europe.
The demands, which are unlikely to be met, come amid Western fears Russia plans to invade its neighbour Ukraine.
Russia denies this, but wants Nato to rule out Ukraine and others ever joining the alliance to defuse the situation.
It has asked for urgent
BBC NewsJun 11 2022
Opinion
Washington’s Failed Push For Anti-Russian Global Consensus
Biden administration officials treat Russia as an international pariah and push the global community to unite behind Washington’s leadership to compel the Kremlin to withdraw its forces from Ukraine. The administration’s strategy has been just partially successful. Criticisms of Russia’s actions are relatively easy to find among foreign leaders, but when it comes to outright condemnations—much
The American Conservative