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It's Time to Bring Ukraine into NATO

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Though the Kremlin has long portrayed Ukraine's membership in NATO as a red line, there is no need to fear Russia's response to Kyiv's accession to the alliance," Paul Poast writes.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sit at a table
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
US Foreign Policy

The G7 Now Has a Plan for Countering China and Russia

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The G-7 approach has three facets: ignore Russian intimidation, economically decouple from China and court nations throughout the Global South," Paul Poast writes.

World leaders gather around a table at the G-7 summit
AP Photos
US Foreign Policy

As Henry Kissinger Turns 100, His Hideous Legacy Still Haunts Our Role in the World

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"His national security choices helped destabilize and destroy parts of the world that have still not recovered, and many lives in the process," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Henry Kissinger sits at a table
AP Photos
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Bratislava Bits: Global (Un)Alignment

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GLOBESEC
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder speaks with Roger Hilton about alliances, de-dollarization, sanctions, and relations with China at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

 Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg took part in the GLOBSEC 2023 Forum in Bratislava.
BMEIA/Gruber
US Foreign Policy

The US Should Welcome Immigrants with Open Arms—and Open Borders

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Expanded immigration is vital to the United States’ future as a major power," Paul Poast writes.

American and California state flags fly behind the US-Mexico border wall
AP Photos
Immigration and Migration

The Conflict Cannot End until Ukraine Is Part of the West

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POLITICO EU
Ivo H. Daalder

“The question is when and how,” writes Council President Ivo Daalder.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Chigi Palace, Government's office, in Rome
AP Photos
US Foreign Policy

The Biden Administration Is Still Flying Blind on Latin America

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"At best, one could say that US policy toward Latin America is a piecemeal and inconsistent amalgam of sporadic attempts at engagement," Paul Poast writes.

President Joe Biden hosts a working lunch with heads of state and government during the Ninth Summit of the Americas
The White House
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Whistleblower or Traitor? The Thorny Politics of Leaking

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Politico
Daniel W. Drezner

“National security leaks can become political Rorschach tests—inevitably interpreted through one’s partisan or ideological lens,” writes Dan Drezner.

Courtroom sketch of Jack Teixeira
Margaret Small via Reuters
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The US Still Needs Europe to Compete with China

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"If the US does view China as the key threat to its interests, then neglecting Europe will effectively play into Beijing’s hands," Paul Poast writes.

Biden speaks at the NATO summit in Madrid
Nurphoto
US Foreign Policy

President Yoon Suk Yeol Addresses Joint Meeting of Congress

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C-SPAN
Karl Friedhoff

"According to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, America's positive view of Korea are reaching the highest levels since 1978," President Yoon Suk-yeol told Congress.

Screenshot of President Yoon Suk-yeol speaking to Congress US Foreign Policy