In Alaska he found reality: he is now embracing an agreement without demanding a ceasefire first, which would have never worked anyway.| Responsible Statecraft
Lee Schlenker* – Responsible Statecraft Historian Greg Grandin’s new book shows how the Western Hemisphere, not Europe, can explain America’s role in the world For much of the Washington D.C. foreign policy apparatus, Latin America — a region plagued by economic instability, political upheaval, and social calamity — represents little more than a headache or an after-thought. Not for Greg Grandin. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History...| Other News - Voices against the tide
Mixed indicators signal wartime growth has plateaued| Responsible Statecraft
A meeting in Alaska, while putting land concessions on the table, is an essential first step. Here's why.| Responsible Statecraft
"It’s been a pretty crappy 45 days" for those trying to keep the president from making the same mistakes as his predecessors| Responsible Statecraft
We should let the 75 year old alliance sleep| Responsible Statecraft
Coalition countries are giving Kyiv money that helps prolong a losing war while saddling the suffering country with enormous debt| Responsible Statecraft
The public spectacle doesn't change the fact that the war needs to end soon| Responsible Statecraft
A crisis consultation mechanism would provide a platform for effectively hashing out disputes among Russia, NATO and the EU| Responsible Statecraft
Kyiv can't keep holding on to unrealistic victory plans and peace formulas| Responsible Statecraft
Putin was right to call Zelensky's bluff and send lower level officials — real parameters need to be hammered out Thursday, first| Responsible Statecraft
A French official's bizarre speech itemizing paranoid calamities while lambasting Trump as a 'traitor' is just staving off the inevitable| Responsible Statecraft
A Euro force including British troops is the biggest potential dealbreaker as the US would be expected to backstop it| Responsible Statecraft
The pause was meant to bring Zelensky to the table, not provide a good reason for Moscow to walk away from it| Responsible Statecraft
'I did not vote for him and have been critical of most of his moves. But in regard to the war...I believe he is on the right track'| Responsible Statecraft
The Biden administration needs to tell the American people what it really thinks Kyiv can actually achieve| Responsible Statecraft
He deserves special gratitude from the Ukrainian and European establishments for telling the truth before things go way too far| Responsible Statecraft
Russia and China want to trade in the Northern Sea Route. Consider it a bargaining chip that could benefit the West, too.| Responsible Statecraft
Mark Rutte wants Cold War spending but Russia is in no way the same adversary, calling into question real motives| Responsible Statecraft
Trump and other leaders reportedly discussed the plan but it's a trial balloon that should be shot down immediately| Responsible Statecraft
Instead of deftly dividing our adversaries, we have bumbled our way toward uniting them against us| Responsible Statecraft
In a new plan announced this week, the alliance wants to make sure there won’t be any attempt to reduce weapons and assistance to the Ukraine war under a new US administration| Responsible Statecraft