Fmr. U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: 'Still a chance' for Russia-Ukraine diplomacy - MSNBC
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor discusses the ongoing Russia, Ukraine conflict as President Biden meets with the German chancellor...
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Beijing and Moscow unite in efforts to redefine democracy itself - NPR
The world scarcely needed another ominous portent just now, but the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing surely provided one with chilling global implications. Officials of the U.S. and a number of its democratic allies are boycotting these games in protest of Beijing's human rights record, including policies that minority Muslim Uyghurs in China regard as genocide...
How to understand the recent coups in Africa - Vox
Over the past 18 months, there have been seven coups and coup attempts in African nations. In Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Sudan, military leaders succeeded in seizing power; in Niger and, most recently, in Guinea-Bissau, they failed...
Putin can be ‘deterred’ from potential invasion of Ukraine: Frmr. US Ambassador Taylor - Fox News
Taylor joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss tensions continuing to rise on Russia-Ukraine border...
Why Americans should care about Ukraine - MSNBC
Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to disrupt world order. It's a play he tried again and again, whether it's election interference, poisoning opposition leaders or invading other countries. MSNBCs Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by William Taylor, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine to discuss whether we’re spending too much time trying to find a solution with Russia, and more importantly, why Americans should care...
New leader in Burkina Faso following military takeover - NBC News
A new military leader is in charge in Burkina Faso following a coup earlier this week. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah explains how this isn't the latest coup attempt in the region where there have been at least five in the last two years...
Why Ukraine’s success is in the US national interest - The Atlantic Council
Russia has built up more than 130,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders and threatened what would be the deadliest offensive yet in its eight-year war. Now is a critical time to examine why Ukraine’s success is in the interests of the United States and its allies. What’s at stake in this crisis, what are Putin’s objectives, and what should the US do about it?
For Ukraine, less ‘imminent’ threat is still very real - POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is prepared to keep talking, and that he expects visits from European leaders to Moscow soon — after he gets back from the opening of the Winter Olympics on Friday in Beijing. The Biden administration is no longer saying an attack on Ukraine is “imminent.”