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SOURCE: Foreign Policy in Focus
4/24/2024
Ukraine has Never been America's War
by Lawrence Wittner
A historian of diplomacy and peace movements argues that efforts to blame the war on American imperialism don't stand up to scrutiny.
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9/18/2022
Ukraine Shows the Need to Break the Cycle of National Insecurity
by Roger Peace
It doesn't excuse Russian aggression against Ukraine to recognize that the United States has fumbled the opportunity to forge a global order based on cooperative and mutual security in the years since the end of the Cold War.
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6/19/2022
Russia's Justifications for Invasion Don't Hold Up Any Better Now than in February
by Lawrence Wittner
The alleged threat of Ukraine's NATO membership, supposed "denazification" and claims of cultural unity all fall flat; none excuse Russia's violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
6/11/2022
Biden Needs to Frame Ukraine Goal as Securing Sovereignty, not Democracy
by Stephen Wertheim
An American pledge to the defend principle of sovereignty will attract more allies into a coalition than a promise to defend democracy, especially since, prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine's standing as a democratic state was tenuous.
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4/24/2022
Why I Can't Wave a Ukrainian Flag – A Dissenting Teach-In on Russia's Invasion
by Daniel Herman
"If Americans who fly Ukrainian flags actually want to help Ukrainians, they would be well advised to support diplomatic negotiations rather than limitless flows of weaponry."
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/3/2022
Can Europe Run Its Own Defenses While the US Shifts to China?
by Stephen Wertheim
European nations can't gamble that the US will be able to support their collective defense in the coming decades, and the United States should encourage the shift spurred by the Ukraine invasion for Europe to take the lead.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
3/3/2022
Despite US Missteps, Nothing about NATO Since 1991 Justifies Putin's Invasion
by Cathy Young
Attempts to blame Putin's aggression on the post-Cold War growth of NATO have traction on the left and right, but they simplify the history of the Russian federation and ignore the expansionist moves that made Russia's neighbors draw closer to western Europe.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/14/2021
Sorry, Liberals. But You Really Shouldn’t Love NATO
by Stephen Wertheim
It's time to rethink America's commitments to NATO, an organization that puts military partnership ahead of international cooperation.
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SOURCE: War on the Rocks
3/16/2021
The Mythical War Scare of 1983
by Simon Miles
"Nuclear weapons are not without danger, to be sure. An overinflation of the risk of Able Archer should not be necessary to remind policymakers of that point."
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8/16/2020
Trump's Removal of Troops from Germany Follows a Trend
by Michael Creswell
While Trump's decision to halve the contingent of US troops in Germany has drawn bipartisan condemnation, critics should recognize that whether the decision is wise or foolish for today's context, it is in line with decades of efforts to shift the burdens of collective security onto NATO allies.
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1/26/20
History & Law: GW History Professor Jennifer Wells Discusses How Her Study of Law Has Informed her Career in History
by Mark Detlor
"I’m more much analytical as a result of law and try to immediately make an assertion and back it up with evidence when I write; I think it’s a very effective way of writing but I’m not sure that I would have mastered it had I not gone to law school."
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12/8/19
NATO's First Post-Wall Summit 30 Years Later
by Stephan Kieninger
Debates over NATO’s purpose are not new. The alliance has always managed to adapt in times of challenges.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
12/3/19
Books by Garret Martin, Balazs Martonffy, Ronald Suny, and Kelly McFarland Featured in Article on NATO at 50
by Jeff Inglis
At 70, is NATO still important? 5 essential reads.
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SOURCE: The Times
4//14/19
Join my Nato or watch critical thinking die
by Niall Ferguson
A new red army is out to silence debate. We must rise up and resist it.
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2/7/19
Don’t Expect Rulers of Nuclear-Armed Nations to Accept Nuclear Disarmament―Unless They’re Pushed to Do So
by Lawrence Wittner
Although the rulers of nuclear-armed nations are usually eager to foster nuclear buildups, substantial public pressure can secure their acceptance of nuclear disarmament.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
2/7/29
The mistake NATO was formed to correct — and how President Trump is repeating it
by Gregory Mitrovich
Allies abandoned one another in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s, they paid the price.
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
11-13-18
Trump Ridicules French for Losses in World Wars
He says the U.S. had to rescue them.
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SOURCE: Politico
7-13-18
How the GOP Embraced the World—And Then Turned Away
by William I. Hitchcock
Decades ago, Dwight Eisenhower defeated the isolationist faction of the Republican Party. Now, Trump is toppling his legacy.
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SOURCE: Politico
7-15-18
Europe’s Dependence on the U.S. Was All Part of the Plan
by Claire Berlinski
Postwar U.S. statesmen designed our world order as it is for a reason. They had lived through what happened without it.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
7-11-18
Trump isn’t the first leader to rattle the world order
by Kelly McFarland
History shows us that Trump isn’t the first leader to take a brutish approach to international affairs.
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