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Why I Love the “Vietnam Syndrome” of the People
The Vietnam Syndrome was a term deployed after the U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War to explain and complain about…
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Upholding the Ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia
In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains what occurred and what needs to happen now to restart the peace process between…
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Sweden and Denmark say Nord Stream pipeline blasts were deliberate attacks
Sweden and Denmark on Tuesday said blasts on two Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea were acts…
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Staying the Course in Ukraine
Yet developments on the ground show that NATO members’ approach to date – supporting Kyiv while avoiding a direct clash…
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Gorbachev’s Other Legacy: Normalizing Sino-Soviet Ties
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death last month unleashed numerous commentaries and evaluations of his legacy. Ivan Lidarev The National Interest Predictably, many…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose reforms led to the unlooked for break-up of his own country, and to…
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Without Alexandroupolis, Transatlantic Security Is Dead in the Water
The Greek town of Alexandroupolis is ideally situated to help the United States and its allies alleviate logistical bottlenecks extending…
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Tanks for the memories: War upends ethnic relations in Estonia
NARVA, Estonia — Anna Gisser was out for a stroll through Narva’s leafy Siivertsi park last week, when the 82-year-old…
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The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman review – Soviet wartime propaganda with a human face
Some authors have a very active afterlife, though the results when the writer’s literary estate dips its hand in the…
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The Nuclear Threat is Now at the Center of the Ukraine Crisis
The Strath report, considered so sensitive that it was not declassified until 2002, said that ten 10-megaton bombs on the…
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Russia-Ukraine conflict: US Treasury official says Russia trying to bypass sanctions through Turkey
The US Treasury said over the weekend that Russia was using Turkey to evade the sanctions imposed by the West.…
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How Putin and Erdoğan are making the West irrelevant
Both are countries on the periphery of Europe and grappling with the loss of their respective empires. Hugo Blewett-Mundy EUobserver…
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The world food crisis is about to get worse
Six months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine — two farming powerhouses — has plunged a teetering global food system…
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The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 14 August 1974: open letter to UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General
14 August 2022 Your Excellencies Re: The second Turkish invasion of the Republic of Cyprus on 14 August 1974 Can…
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Warding Off Renewed War in Nagorno-Karabakh
Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan, Zaur Shiriyev and Anita Mihaeljana explain what can be done to safeguard the ceasefire. What do…
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Diplomacy, Not Weapons, Will End the War
Set aside for a moment worries about inflation, Covid variants, mass shootings, and Supreme Court decisions. L. Michael Hager CounterPunch…
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