In Alaska he found reality: he is now embracing an agreement without demanding a ceasefire first, which would have never worked anyway.| Responsible Statecraft
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
There is a difference, and what is going on today will lead us to a much darker place| 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
Coalition countries are giving Kyiv money that helps prolong a losing war while saddling the suffering country with enormous debt| Responsible Statecraft
The president's policies reflect his appointments: ideologues who should have retired after previous foreign policy debacles.| 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 Russians have adapted to all Western arms. Not to acknowledge the situation today is toying with the fate of a nation| Responsible Statecraft
One month later, Kyiv's invasion of Russia hasn't moved the needle, while Moscow has made gains on other fronts| Responsible Statecraft
Without a strategy the new aid could be the worst thing to happen to the war beleaguered country right now. Here's why.| 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