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President Biden is once again ramping up U.S. support for Ukraine, vowing to send more advanced weapons to Kyiv with the express goal of helping the Ukrainians defeat the Russians. But the president is still...
“If men knew how difficult it is to bring life into this world, they would never start wars.” Within hours of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022, women in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus posted their...
As Russia turns its attention increasingly toward Ukraine - evidenced by the transfer of senior Russian military officials from Syria to Ukraine and a decrease in Moscow's strategic bandwidth on Syria - Tehran is ready to seize the advantage, both militarily on the ground as well as politically and diplomatically,” Mona Yacoubian, a senior adviser at the US Institute of Peace, told TNA.
That, combined with high turnout from the Lebanese diaspora in places like Dubai and Paris, could mean that opposition groups pick up as many as 10 seats in the 128-seat parliament, according to Osama Gharizi, senior program advisor with the Middle East and North Africa Center at the US Institute for Peace. “A sharp increase in voters here would likely drive a large portion of new groups into parliament for the first time on Sunday,”
"Fundamentally, for most ASEAN countries, the invasion is seen as far away and not worth taking a stand over," Brian Harding, an expert on Southeast Asia at the U.S. Institute for Peace, told VOA.
“It is unviable for President Biden to host Prime Minister Hun Sen at the White House or a bilateral meeting,” said Brian Harding, an expert on Southeast Asia at the United States Institute for Peace. “But at least they can engage talking about things that they might be able to agree on in this multilateral setting.”
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, joined American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss the latest sanctions announced by the Biden administration and G7 leaders and the impact they will have on President Putin. Ambassador Taylor also weighs in on the calls to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
Russian space agency chief boasts nuclear capabilities, claims NATO would lose 'in 30 minutes
They exchanged views on “strengthening mutually beneficial, broad based relationship” and “promotion of peace, development and security”
This week, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins chief Washington correspondent and "Takeout" host Major Garrett to discuss the war in Ukraine and what Washington can do to assist Kyiv.