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Jimmy Carter still changing the world

by Nicholas Goldberg The Carter Center announced last week that Jimmy Carter was entering hospice care and would forgo further medical treatment for his various ailments, choosing to spend his remaining days at home with his family. Even all these years later, I remain impressed by ...

A year after invasion, what’s next for Ukraine?

by Carl P. Leubsdorf In the year since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the world has thrilled to the pluck and the bravery of the Ukrainian people, its government and military in resisting the once mighty Red armies. Bolstered ...

Looking up, looking down

While the military is focused on foreign objects flying over American and Canadian territory, a more disturbing threat to our national security is occurring on the ground. Federal, state and local governments are behind in their response to the acquisition of American land by people and ...

Confrontation with China no longer seems a distant scenario

Ominous signs are growing about the potential for direct military conflict between the United States and China. It’s not every day when a top military commander predicts in a memo that military confrontation could happen by 2025 with Beijing. But that’s exactly what Gen. Michael A. ...

Crimea — a peace prize or a head fake?

by Martin Schram Negotiating a true peace in the middle of a horrendous war is sometimes a task for only the feint-hearted. This moment in Ukraine’s war to repel Russia’s invaders may be one of those times. And Crimea, where no combat is happening, may become the key prize ...