Emma Ashford

2 months ago | foreignaffairs.com | Michael Froman |David Sacks |Mick Ryan |Emma Ashford

Very few people predicted that a long, high-intensity war in Europe was possible in the twenty-first century. But for three bloody years, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered exactly that. Hundreds of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have died in the fighting. Many more have been injured. Entire towns have been reduced to ruin or cut apart by trenches, in a grim callback to World War I. Now, the war in Ukraine has reached an apparent stasis.

2 months ago | foreignaffairs.com | Abigail McGowan |Joshua Kurlantzick |Emma Ashford |Raphael Cohen

At last week’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, newly minted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the position of the U.S. government was that Ukraine will not join NATO. Although greeted with horror by some in Washington and in European capitals, Hegseth’s remarks were in fact more a public statement of reality than a genuine change in policy.

Jan 2, 2025 | foreignpolicy.com | Emma Ashford |Nick Aspinwall |Elisabeth Braw |John Deni |Markus V. Garlauskas |Mina Al-Oraibi | +2 more

FP Live: The International Crisis Group’s president and CEO, Comfort Ero, joined FP Live on Jan. 9 to discuss 10 conflicts to watch in the year ahead. Watch now. Earlier this week, Foreign Policy featured 10 conflicts to watch in 2025.

Nov 1, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Emma Ashford |Matthew Kroenig

It's Debatable Intervention or Restraint? A Washington debate on pressing issues for policymakers. Protesters wave a Palestinian flag as people gather to watch U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speak on The Ellipse, just south of the White House, in Washington on Oct. 29.

Nov 1, 2024 | flipboard.com | Emma Ashford

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