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 […]
How to hold Ukraine over until Congress passes more aid funding
Without U.S. aid, Ukraine cannot defend its current lines, let alone liberate more territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Sunday, shortly after Kyiv’s troops were forced to withdraw from the eastern city of Avdiivka amid a severe ammunition shortage. Yet the House Republican leadership is still refusing to consider, much less pass, further security assistance […]
Destroy 4,500 Vehicles A Year For Two Years
60-year-old Russian T-62 tanks in Ukraine. Via social media With its economy on a war footing and mothballed factories coming back online, Russia now is generating around 4,500 armored vehicles a year for its 470,000-person invasion force in Ukraine. That’s one finding of a new study from the Royal United Services Institute in London. 4,500 […]
Here’s how to help solve Ukraine’s drone shortage problem
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s “number one priority” is the “mastery of an entire arsenal of (relatively) cheap, modern and highly effective, unmanned vehicles and other technological means,” he wrote. By […]
How To Hurt Your Own People
Today, France and Germany enjoy a stable and positive relationship, but between 1870-1945, rivalries … [+] and territorial disputes led to three devastating wars. A country that defines itself by territorial expansion or by grievances limits its international reach and hurts its own people. Albert Bettanier: The Black Stain (1887); Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. The […]
How to stop Ukraine’s NATO bid from derailing Washington summit – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. John R. Deni is a research professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. He’s the author of “NATO and Article 5.” The views expressed are his own. Marking the 75th anniversary of NATO’s founding, the alliance’s next summit in Washington is […]
How to Avoid Defeat in Ukraine – WSJ
How to Avoid Defeat in Ukraine. For starters, step up military aid and break Putin's global networks of influence. Walter Russell Mead. By. Walter … Source link
How to function at work during times of grief and turmoil
Staying well-informed on politics, news, and world events, especially these days, can take a toll on your mental health. “Trauma is the air that we have been breathing in the 2020s,” says Katharine Manning, an expert with more than 25 years of experience of handling distress in the workplace. From the Covid-19 pandemic to the […]