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Trump mustn’t go wobbly on Russia: Sanctions are working — time to double down

Dec 1, 2024 | nypost.com | Thomas Duesterberg |Peter Rough

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin is rushing to defeat Ukraine because the Kremlin stands on the brink of economic crisis.
JD Vance nomination puts Europe on notice

Jul 19, 2024 | thehill.com | Peter Rough

To the news of former President Trump’s selection of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, Western pundits and politicians alike reacted as if the end of U.S. support for Ukraine was all but a fait accompli. One senior European Union official called the pick a “disaster,” while an American news outlet published an article titled “God help Ukraine.”There is no doubt Vance is one of the most strident opponents of aid to Ukraine. He is committed to “America First” and whip-smart by any measure.
The Shortest Path to Victory in Ukraine Goes Through Crimea

Dec 8, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Luke Coffey |Peter Rough

A pall of pessimism hangs over Western supporters of Ukraine. With Kyiv’s counteroffensive underperforming most observers’ expectations, a fatalistic attitude bordering on defeatism has set in from Washington to Berlin. NBC News and the German tabloid Bild reported last month that U.S. and European officials were deliberating about an end to the war.
Pass Ukraine aid, Congress — it’s a bargain for American security

Dec 7, 2023 | nypost.com | Peter Rough

As Congress wrestles with another supplemental funding request for Ukraine, it’s worth assessing why Kyiv deserves our continued support. America is facing mounting deficits and debts, and President Biden’s request for more than $60 billion is more than twice the US Coast Guard’s annual budget. We should not allow the sticker shock to deter us, however. Support for Ukraine remains a bargain for American national security.
How to Take Apart the Axis of Revisionists

Dec 4, 2023 | themessenger.com | Michael Pompeo |Peter Rough

“You must look at facts, because they look at you,” Winston Churchill once observed. One unpleasant fact that the war in Ukraine has thrown into sharp relief is that a global axis of anti-American powers is forming to undermine the U.S.-led international order. America’s adversaries are aligning their moves on the global chessboard and undertaking a process of strategic convergence.
Shutdown-ready Republicans shouldn’t buy into Vivek Ramaswamy’s insane Ukraine plan

Sep 28, 2023 | msn.com | Abram Shulsky |Peter Rough
Shutdown-ready Republicans shouldn’t buy into Vivek Ramaswamy’s insane Ukraine plan

Sep 28, 2023 | msn.com | Abram Shulsky |Peter Rough
Shutdown-ready Republicans shouldn’t buy into Vivek Ramaswamy’s insane Ukraine plan

Sep 28, 2023 | nypost.com | Abram Shulsky |Peter Rough

With a government shutdown looming as some House Republicans refuse to support even a short-term funding bill that includes Ukraine-war aid, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has come forward with a solution. “We need a reasonable peace plan to end this,” he argued standing center stage in Wednesday’s debate. He claims his plan is modeled on Richard Nixon’s 1972 deal with Mao Zedong.
Biden must seize on Putin's weakness and help Ukraine win the war

Jun 25, 2023 | nypost.com | Peter Rough

After his lightning assault on Kyiv failed last year, Vladimir Putin switched strategies. Unable to impose his will on the battlefield, he pivoted by necessity to a drawn-out campaign of attrition, confident that Russian support for the war would wear down the will of Ukraine’s Western backers. The open democratic systems of the West, easily manipulated and highly sensitive to public opinion, would inevitably lose interest in Ukraine.
China creates a new world order as Biden ignores the threats

Mar 26, 2023 | nypost.com | Peter Rough

In the opening weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European Union foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell placed his hopes in China to resolve the conflict. “There is no alternative,” Borrell said. “We cannot be the mediators, that is clear. And it cannot be the US either. Who else? It has to be China, I trust in that.”A year later, Borrell’s faith has proven misplaced, as China has only disappointed Western policymakers.