How to Reform the UN Security Council by Shang-Jin Wei

Contrary to conventional wisdom, making the Security Council more representative and enhancing its effectiveness do not have to be mutually exclusive goals. In fact, both should be pursued simultaneously to ensure that the UN system is both fair and aligned with today’s geopolitical realities. NEW YORK – As world leaders convened in New York for […]

How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit by Samuel Charap & Charles A. Kupchan

To capitalize on the increased leverage afforded by its military successes in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine should pursue negotiations to de-escalate and eventually end the war. Even if the Kremlin rejects talks, that will be useful information for everyone involved. WASHINGTON, DC – Ukraine’s bold incursion into Russia’s Kursk region gives the country a much-needed […]

To Blow Up Russia’s Turtle Tanks, Hit Them With Two Drones In A Row

A very crude Russian turtle tank. Via social media Desperate to clear mines in the no-man’s-land between Russian and Ukrainian positions—and equally desperate to protect the mine-clearers from Ukraine’s explosive first-person-view drones—the Russian military devised a new kind of vehicle this spring. It’s an up-armored tank with mine-exploding rollers and shed-like improvised armor to shield […]

Ukrainian Troops Have Figured Out How To Destroy Russian Turtle Tanks

A destroyed Russian turtle tank. Via social media In early April, a new kind of Russian armored vehicle crawled onto the battlefields of Russia’s 27-month wider war on Ukraine: the “turtle tank”—a T-62, T-72 or T-80 tank with add-on metal shells made of roofing material, grates and mesh. As weird as they look, turtle tanks […]

How to turn Trump against Russia? Ask Poland’s President Duda. – POLITICO

But jokes aside, Duda’s meeting coincided with a shift in Trump’s and Republican policy on aiding Ukraine. Within a day of the meeting, Trump, who previously spoke favorably of Putin and blamed Ukraine for his own political woes, took to his social media platform to declare: “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be […]

Biden, Trump differ on how to end war in Ukraine

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, divisions have arisen in Congress over sending military aid to Kyiv. VOA’s Senior Washington Correspondent Carolyn Presutti explains how the two presidential frontrunners differ on how to handle the war. VOA footage by Mary Cieslak and Adam Greenbaum. Source link

How to ‘Trump proof’ the transatlantic relationship? – POLITICO

“It’s been very successful,” said Daniel Mullaney, the former top U.S. negotiator on trade issues with Europe, of the TTC. “We’ve had high-level attention, including at the presidential levels, on all of these issues. That’s kept the momentum going.” The question now is what happens if Trump wins back the White House in November. Even […]

How To Lose A Russian Tank Regiment In Just a Few Hours

A Ukrainian anti-tank missile strikes a Russian 6th Tank Regiment vehicle. Ukrainian air-assault forces capture As Russian regiments occupied the ruins of Avdiivka, a former Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, and then continued attacking toward the west, one key Russian unit waited. The 6th Tank Regiment was the 90th Tank Division’s operational reserve—its […]

Western allies split over how to make Putin pay  – POLITICO

It’s a plan that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is backing heavily but so far Europe’s most powerful governments in Paris, Berlin and Rome are unconvinced. Washington policymakers are piling pressure on their allies to ditch their hang-ups over what would be an unprecedented step fraught with legal, ethical and political difficulties. “It’s never been […]