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What Has the United States Sent to Ukraine so Far?

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Running Numbers by Ethan Kessler

Roughly $24 billion in military aid has been authorized for Ukraine since August—dwarfing total US assistance to the country in all previous years.

Reuters
Defense and Security

Macron's Mixed Messages on Ukraine Come with a Cost

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast analyzes Macron's recent suggestion that Europe must "broker a settlement" to the war in Ukraine that avoids “humiliating” Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron speak at a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 16, 2022.
Reuters
Defense and Security

A World of Power and Fear: What Critics of Realism Get Wrong

In the News
Foreign Affairs
Paul Poast

“Realism is the school of no hope, the curmudgeon of international relations thought,” writes Paul Poast in Foreign Affairs.

A view of the damage to a school gymnasium that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv region
Reuters
Defense and Security

World Review: Biden's Summit of the Americas, China's Goals in the South Pacific, Updates on Ukraine

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Jamil Anderlini, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meet for a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

The Spiraling Global Food Crisis and Russia's War

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine upended the global food system? Food security experts Ertharin Cousin and Teresa Welsh discuss.

Ukrainian farmer, wearing body armour and helmet, works at the topsoil in a field, amid Russia's invasion of Ukrain
REUTERS
Food and Agriculture

Food Prices, Hunger on the Rise around the World Amid War in Ukraine

In the News
Newsy
Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin calls food insecurity being caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine "a tipping point into what could potentially become a perfect storm."

Ertharin Cousin speaks with Newsy on the rising food prices seen across the world. Food and Agriculture

Americans Widely Support Combatting Global Hunger

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Agri-Pulse
Coauthors

"More people around the world [are] facing hunger than ever before, leading many Americans to wonder: what can and should the United States do about it?"

A woman holds a sign saying "Hunger is a political choice" at a World Hunger Day protest in London on May 28, 2022.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

NATO's Past, Present, and Future

In the News
World Affairs with Ray Suarez
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discusses NATO's evolution, the Russian "wake-up call" that placed it back in the news, and the future–and feasibility–of trans-atlantic defense.

Protesters at the 'NATO Close The Sky' Protest In Krakow, Poland on May 29, 2022.
Reuters
Global Politics

World Review: Biden's Iran Deal, Fissures over Ukraine, Trouble Brews for Boris Johnson

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

People hold flags during the gathering of one hundred thousand supporters of Iran's Supreme Leader
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

When It Comes to Turkey, NATO Needs to Consider Divorce

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

After Turkey's recent threat to block NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, is it time for NATO to reevaluate their relationship?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands at a podium.
Reuters
Global Politics