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Petar Popovi engages in dialogue with the philosopher Alain Finkielkraut on the wider implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Petar Popovi engages in dialogue with the philosopher Alain Finkielkraut on the wider implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The G-8 meeting on July 15 and the Bush-Putin summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, may mark the most serious tests of U.S.-Russianand East-West relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.Mutually amassed grievances have led some in Washington to questionwhether President George W. Bush should attend and whether Russiashould remain in the G-8.

Central Europe pops up on the front pages of newspapers every few decades. Whether it is because of Franz Ferdinand and his morganatic wife dying at the hands of a Bosnian Serb in 1914, the consequences of the 1938 Munich agreement surrendering Czech lands to Hitler, the drawing of the Iron Curtain after World War II by the Soviet tyranny, the annus mirabilis of 1989 bringing liberty to oppressed nations, or, now, the violent westward push by Russia in Ukraine—Central Europe is the place where...

The Ukrainian campaign is not just the fight to retain strategic depth along Russia’s vulnerable southwestern flank; it is also the struggle to retain its status as a great pow­er. The Biden administration is now more than ready for reckless escalation, a deadly game of chicken with nuclear stakes.

The Ukrainian campaign is not just the fight to retain strategic depth along Russia’s vulnerable southwestern flank; it is also the struggle to retain its status as a great pow­er. The Biden administration is now more than ready for reckless escalation, a deadly game of chicken with nuclear stakes.

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Kievs famous Pechersk Lavra monastery is one of the oldest and most-revered holy places in the Eastern Orthodox religion. But now the complex has become a battleground in the assault on Russian culture by the Zelensky regime.

U.S.-Russian relations are at their lowest point since the Cold War, and many trends in Russian foreign policy are justifiably disturbing. U.S. officials should develop a comprehensive strategythat serves America's objectives, keeping in mind the significantinternal vulnerabilities of the Russian state. Russia, given itslack of strategic allies, can ill afford to "lose" the West.