UKRAINE: HOW NOT TO END THE WAR Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, and top diplomats from the United Kingdom, Germany and Ukraine. These joint talks between the United States, Ukraine and Europe were the first of their kind involving the Trump administration, […]
Front and Center: March 23, 2025
UNCERTAIN U.S. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE RENEWS DETERRENCE DEBATE IN EUROPE On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion at the end of February, Senior Policy Director John Erath wrote a post in the Center’s Nukes of Hazard blog explaining why forcing a ceasefire goes against U.S. national interests and assumes Ukraine is in a much weaker position than it actually is. […]
Front and Center: February 22, 2025
MONDAY MARKS 3 YEARS SINCE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE Three years after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the Trump administration is seeking a ceasefire in line with Russian demands. Initial negotiations meant to set a framework for a future peace deal between Ukraine and Russia began in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainian or European participation. The […]
Front and Center: December 16, 2024
RUSSIA CONTINUES THREATS, LAUNCHES NEW IRBM AND TIGHTENS RELATIONSHIP WITH BELARUS In response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to conduct long-range strikes into Russia using U.S. supplied weapons, Moscow symbolically lowered the threshold for nuclear use in its doctrine, stating that Russia would use nuclear weapons not only in response to a nuclear […]
Front and Center: November 18, 2024
UKRAINE CAN USE U.S. WEAPONS TO ATTACK RUSSIAN HOMELAND; NORTH KOREAN TROOPS ARE ON THE GROUND American officials now estimate that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to aid Russia in the war in Ukraine. In an article for 38 North, Senior Policy Director John Erath lays out potential motives and outcomes in this new chapter of Russia’s […]
