Security
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Baltic states step up in arming Ukraine against potential Russian incursion
Latvia and Lithuania confirmed Friday they will send Stinger ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine, adding a major new capability to Kyiv’s…
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Brokering a Ceasefire in Yemen’s Economic Conflict
The latter struggle causes great civilian suffering. The new UN envoy should make it a central task to achieve an…
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Blinken defends Ukraine’s ‘democratic and European path’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting Kyiv on Wednesday, called on Ukrainians “to stick together,” warning that — with…
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Why Germany refuses weapons deliveries to Ukraine
The country faces an unpredictable buildup of Russian troops on its borders — and there is precedent for armed aggression.…
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Ukraine and the Danger of Human Miscalculation
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine and President Joe Biden’s threat to sanction Russia in response cast into high relief the danger…
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The Iran Nuclear Deal at Six: Now or Never
The parties must not squander what is likely their last chance to save the accord. ICG What’s new? The U.S.…
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EU races to help Ukraine fight cyberattack
Europe was on Friday rushing to support Kyiv’s cybersecurity services as they fight an attack against Ukrainian government websites. Laurens…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: US refuses to draw down troops
Top diplomat Antony Blinken said Russia is pushing a “false narrative” to justify troop deployments on Ukraine’s border. Deutsche Welle…
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What’s Really Behind the Unrest in Kazakhstan?
Mass protests erupted earlier this week in the western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen, ostensibly triggered by sharp increases in fuel…
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On Russia, NATO cannot fold
Putin has tried this before, but we cannot negotiate down the barrel of a gun. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is former…
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J. Edgar Hoover’s Legacy: Spying On Democracy
In 2021, FBI agents, dressed in plainclothes, were embedded in Portland’s racial justice protests. Melvin A. Goodman CounterPunch Agents alerted…
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10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022
But as our look ahead to 2022 shows, many bad situations round the world could easily get worse. ICG ”Foreign…
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The untold story of the world’s fiercest tank battle
The most pitched tank battle in the history of warfare was fought not against the Nazis in Europe or North…
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A Rare Chance for Peace in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s federal government should grasp this opportunity to end the fighting, while international actors should step up to provide support…
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Log4j: what you need to know
But, every now and then, there is a major security event or discovery of a new critical zero-day vulnerability that…
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German defense minister: Russia will not ‘dictate’ to NATO
She is in Lithuania visiting German troops on her first foreign trip. Deutsche Welle German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said…
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