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A Better Path for Ukraine and NATO

What Kyiv Could Do Now for a Place in the Alliance We know what will not happen at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington this week: Ukraine becoming the alliance’s 33rd member. U.S. officials are talking instead about giving Ukraine “a bridge to NATO,” as National Security Council Senior Director …

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Russia’s Speedy Military Rebuild Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

As the fighting in Ukraine grinds on, Western policymakers and military officials are thinking ahead to the next war. Given how fast Russia is reconstituting its military, they are asking, when might it be able militarily to launch another large-scale offensive operation? German Chief of Defense Carsten Breuer told reporters …

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NATO’s Biggest Test Since the Cold War Is Still Ahead

The allies have to find a way to end the war without sacrificing Ukraine in the process. At this week’s celebration of NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary, there will be plenty of self-congratulatory speeches about the strongest, most enduring, and most successful alliance in history and promises to keep it that way …

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