The memo released on Friday contains broad statements, saying the US and Ukraine “intend to establish a reconstruction investment fund as part of an economic partnership between the two peoples and governments”.
It provides no detail as to how…
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The Deep Strike Dodge: Firepower and Manpower in Ukraine’s War
Time and again since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there has been extended political wrangling among Western governments and Ukraine over purported wonder weapons that will turn the tide of the war. After the provision of main battle…
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Ukraine, Russia, and the West’s Fatal Miscalculation — Russia in Global Affairs
It’s always easy to feel prescient in hindsight. I recall conversations from 15 or 20 years ago with Western interlocutors – who are now from unfriendly nations – on NATO expansion. The discussions always began in a relatively solemn manner. From our side, we…
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Frontline report: Russians, North Koreans trapped in Kursk’s Nikolskii as resupply attempts intercepted
24 February 2025. Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kursk direction in Russia.
- Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video.
Here, scattered Russian and North Korean remnants remain under a grueling siege in Nikolskii, with no way for Russians to resupply them. As…
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A new book chronicles the science of life in the air
Air-Borne
Carl Zimmer
Dutton, $32On March 10, 2020, 61 choir members rehearsed in a church hall in Skagit County, Wash. As they sang, a microscopic germ wafted through the air. Before the month’s end, 58 members were infected and five fell gravely ill. Across the United…
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Mission accompli: Macron charms Trump, and pushes back against him
If there’s a way to get to US President Donald Trump’s heart, then French President Emmanuel Macron has the map to it.
His visit to Washington, D.C., as Trump’s peace push picks up pace, has proved to be illustrative of this.
Macron’s objectives were clear-cut: one, to convince…
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The Benefits of Independent QC
How independent QC can help meet quality goals
Introduction
Quality control (QC) plays an important role in laboratory testing, enabling labs to monitor the analytical quality of a procedure, detect errors, and help ensure the reporting of accurate and…
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Europe Must Break the Shackles of Munitions Laws
Lulled by decades of peace and seduced by the conceit of its own virtue, the continent of Europe has willingly tied its hands behind its back when planning its own defense. After all, while European NATO might not have the “nasty”…
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Europe’s to-do list for defense without the US
PARIS — Europe can build up most of the critical defense enablers needed to deter or defeat Russia without U.S. support within five years, provided the political will to invest is there, according to security researchers and experts surveyed by…
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The Ukraine Reparation Loan Solution | American Enterprise Institute
Key Points
- Vladimir Putin will not agree to a reasonable ceasefire with Ukraine so long as he believes he will win a war of attrition. Making sure that Ukraine has a war chest to…
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