Europe’s looming Ukraine fear: What happens if the US pulls back?

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Europe is wak­ing up to a trou­bling real­i­ty: It may soon lose its NATO bene­fac­tor in Ukraine.  With con­ser­v­a­tives poised to make gains in the upcom­ing U.S. elec­tions, NATO’s most gen­er­ous donor to Ukraine’s war effort may sud­den­ly seem much more par­si­mo­nious in 2023. The pos­si­bil­i­ty has put the spot­light on the gap between Amer­i­can and…

Billionaires Can Arm Ukraine

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Dear Jeff Bezos, I know these are trou­bling times for you and the 2,667 oth­er mem­bers of the world’s bil­lion­aire club. Accord­ing to Forbes, there used to be 2,755 of you, but the world’s cur­rent tur­bu­lence has rel­e­gat­ed 87 of you to the mere ranks of mul­ti­mil­lion­aires and shaved your col­lec­tive worth by $400 bil­lion, to…

US intelligence told to keep quiet over role in Ukraine military triumphs

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US intel­li­gence told to keep qui­et over role in Ukraine mil­i­tary tri­umphs CIA vet­er­ans advise suc­ces­sors against ‘unwise’ intel­li­gence boasts that could trig­ger esca­la­tion from Rus­sia Rus­sia-Ukraine war: lat­est updates For­mer US intel­li­gence offi­cers are advis­ing their suc­ces­sors cur­rent­ly in office to shut up and stop boast­ing about their role in Ukraine’s mil­i­tary suc­cess­es. Two…

Russia Flounders in Ukraine but Doubles Down in Mali

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A man sits near a por­trait of Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin dur­ing a demon­stra­tion in Bamako, Mali, on Feb. 19, cel­e­brat­ing France’s announce­ment that it will with­draw its troops from the coun­try. FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Get­ty Images On March 30, as Russ­ian forces con­tin­ued their strug­gle to con­quer Ukrain­ian cities, Russ­ian arms sup­pli­ers deliv­ered a…

Why African Leaders Won’t Back the West on Ukraine

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Wel­come to For­eign Pol­i­cy’s Africa Brief. The high­lights this week: The Unit­ed States calls for an inves­ti­ga­tion into atroc­i­ties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Gam­bia’s oppo­si­tion par­ty los­es its major­i­ty in elec­tions, and the tri­al of South Africa’s Jacob Zuma is delayed again. If you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday,…