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'The ball is in Putin's court': Foreign affairs expert says diplomacy possible in Ukraine - Sinclair TV

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

With Russia seemingly announcing a partial drawback of troops at the Ukrainian border, it has the world wondering if Vladamir Putin could be backing out of an invasion altogether or is it simply strategy and optics? Foreign affairs expert Dr. Donald Jensen says as the situation develops, there is still a chance for diplomacy...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Voters And Reformists Face Obstacles In Leadup To Lebanon’s May Elections - American Task Force on Lebaon

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

The May 15 parliamentary elections in Lebanon are in danger of being delayed. This possibility led US Ambassador Dorothy Shea to clearly state to Lebanese lawmakers that “there is no wiggle room” on holding elections on time. ATFL’s position is that anyone who stands in the way of elections taking place transparently and on time should be sanctioned or face other penalties. So it is important to remind Lebanon’s leaders that the world is watching...

Global Elections & Conflict

History As It Happens: ‘Not one inch.’ - The Washington Times

Monday, February 14, 2022

News Type: USIP in the News

As the Biden administration attempts to avert war in Europe by backing Ukraine’s sovereignty and NATO’s primacy against Russia’s threatened invasion, history is once again casting a long shadow. In this episode of History As It Happens, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor and the Quincy Institute’s Anatol Lieven debate whether the Russian national security establishment, and not merely President Vladimir Putin, has legitimate concerns about NATO’s post-Cold War expansion, which Mr. Putin repeatedly condemns as threatening to Russia’s borders...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention