Putin is not afraid to escalate, to intimidate, to extort. We are — and he knows it. This must be reversed.
Continue readingWhy warning Putin of ‘catastrophic consequences’ isn’t enough
Pushing for a ‘negotiated settlement’ in Ukraine guts our deterrence credibility
A “diplomatic solution” in Ukraine would be a group hug around a delusion, the only predictability being its breach.
Continue readingScary links: Russia, al-Zawahiri and Ukraine’s destruction
Here’s the backstory to the backstory of our July 31 drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, head of al Qaeda, and the apparent connection.
Continue readingOp-ed: Turn Putin Inward
Seeking to merely “contain” Putin is not enough. We have been outplayed, outsmarted and outmaneuvered in Europe, the Middle East, Venezuela, Africa and the Arctic. And simply repeating the pattern of reacting, deterring, responding, defending will not work.
Continue readingVictor Rud: Is America prepared to deal with Russia or China?
After the Geneva Summit between Vladimir Putin and President Joe Biden, it is time to ask why the irreducible precondition to that approach was so sedulously ignored at the Summit, and afterward.
Continue readingUkraine saved the west – why the opposition from America’s Conservative Right? asks Victor Rud
Although bi-partisan support for American support of Ukraine remains strong, bizarrely there is a growing resistance to it by the Republican Party’s far-right.
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