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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, joins Morning Joe to discuss the latest developments in the region and why he says it appears the U.S. for the time being is succeeding in deterring an invasion by Russia...
For a country that aspires to be a global power, India sometimes makes shortsighted decisions. On Monday it joined Kenya and Gabon in abstaining from a United Nations Security Council vote to discuss the Russian military threat to Ukraine. Ten nations supported the successful American initiative, and only China joined Russia in opposing it. But though the abstention may appear sensible—why take sides in a far-off conflict?—the wider consequences of possible Russian aggression put India at real risk...
The U.S. Institute of Peace mourns the passing of Phyllis Oakley, a distinguished diplomat who advanced the role of American women in international diplomacy and served as an ex officio member of the Institute’s Board of Directors in the late 1990s as an assistant secretary of state.
Some public universities reopened in Afghanistan on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes that officials said would be segregated by sex. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the group stormed back to power, sparking fears women would again be barred from education — as happened during the Taliban's first rule, from 1996-2001...
The Helsinki Commission (formally known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) held a hearing on tensions between Russia-Ukraine. Senators and House members heard testimony from Fiona Hill, a former member of the National Security Council, and William Taylor, a vice president at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former ambassador to Ukraine. In addition, retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges testified remotely from Germany. Topics included the strength of Ukrainian defenses, the goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the unity of the U.S., Ukrainian, and European response to Russian aggression...
A year later, the Feb. 1, 2021, military coup in Myanmar against the popularly elected civilian government has turned into an unmitigated disaster. The increasingly brutal military response to unarmed civilian resistance has triggered mounting waves of violence, engulfing almost every township across the country in civil war. The expanding conflict has claimed thousands of lives and internally displaced over 320,000 civilians. The junta’s forces have burned entire villages, massacred aid workers, and taken the lives of nearly 1,500 civilians...
The U.S. imposed new sanctions on senior leaders of Myanmar’s military junta on Monday—the eve of the one-year anniversary of their overthrow of the country’s democratically elected government and imprisonment of its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The U.S., joined by the U.K., and Canada, announced sanctions on officials who helped prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi, the head of the National League for Democracy. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was arrested in the Feb. 1, 2021 coup. Myanmar courts have sentenced her to a total of six years in prison as of Jan. 10—but she faces additional charges...
The U.S. on Monday imposed new sanctions against individuals and entities associated with Myanmar's rulers in coordination with Britain and Canada, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the military takeover that ousted the country's democratically elected government...