NATO

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• SOURCE: Foreign Policy in Focus
  4/24/2024
  

  Ukraine has Never been America's War

  by Lawrence Wittner

  A historian of diplomacy and peace movements argues that efforts to blame the war on American imperialism don't stand up to scrutiny. 

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• 9/18/2022
  

  Ukraine Shows the Need to Break the Cycle of National Insecurity

  by Roger Peace

  It doesn't excuse Russian aggression against Ukraine to recognize that the United States has fumbled the opportunity to forge a global order based on cooperative and mutual security in the years since the end of the Cold War. 

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• 6/19/2022
  

  Russia's Justifications for Invasion Don't Hold Up Any Better Now than in February

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The alleged threat of Ukraine's NATO membership, supposed "denazification" and claims of cultural unity all fall flat; none excuse Russia's violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/11/2022
  

  Biden Needs to Frame Ukraine Goal as Securing Sovereignty, not Democracy

  by Stephen Wertheim

  An American pledge to the defend principle of sovereignty will attract more allies into a coalition than a promise to defend democracy, especially since, prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine's standing as a democratic state was tenuous. 

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• 4/24/2022
  

  Why I Can't Wave a Ukrainian Flag – A Dissenting Teach-In on Russia's Invasion

  by Daniel Herman

  "If Americans who fly Ukrainian flags actually want to help Ukrainians, they would be well advised to support diplomatic negotiations rather than limitless flows of weaponry."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/3/2022
  

  Can Europe Run Its Own Defenses While the US Shifts to China?

  by Stephen Wertheim

  European nations can't gamble that the US will be able to support their collective defense in the coming decades, and the United States should encourage the shift spurred by the Ukraine invasion for Europe to take the lead. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  3/3/2022
  

  Despite US Missteps, Nothing about NATO Since 1991 Justifies Putin's Invasion

  by Cathy Young

  Attempts to blame Putin's aggression on the post-Cold War growth of NATO have traction on the left and right, but they simplify the history of the Russian federation and ignore the expansionist moves that made Russia's neighbors draw closer to western Europe.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/14/2021
  

  Sorry, Liberals. But You Really Shouldn’t Love NATO

  by Stephen Wertheim

  It's time to rethink America's commitments to NATO, an organization that puts military partnership ahead of international cooperation. 

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• SOURCE: War on the Rocks
  3/16/2021
  

  The Mythical War Scare of 1983

  by Simon Miles

  "Nuclear weapons are not without danger, to be sure. An overinflation of the risk of Able Archer should not be necessary to remind policymakers of that point."

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• 8/16/2020
  

  Trump's Removal of Troops from Germany Follows a Trend

  by Michael Creswell

  While Trump's decision to halve the contingent of US troops in Germany has drawn bipartisan condemnation, critics should recognize that whether the decision is wise or foolish for today's context, it is in line with decades of efforts to shift the burdens of collective security onto NATO allies. 

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• 1/26/20
  

  History & Law: GW History Professor Jennifer Wells Discusses How Her Study of Law Has Informed her Career in History

  by Mark Detlor

  "I’m more much analytical as a result of law and try to immediately make an assertion and back it up with evidence when I write; I think it’s a very effective way of writing but I’m not sure that I would have mastered it had I not gone to law school."

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• 12/8/19
  

  NATO's First Post-Wall Summit 30 Years Later

  by Stephan Kieninger

  Debates over NATO’s purpose are not new. The alliance has always managed to adapt in times of challenges.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  12/3/19
  

  Books by Garret Martin, Balazs Martonffy, Ronald Suny, and Kelly McFarland Featured in Article on NATO at 50

  by Jeff Inglis

  At 70, is NATO still important? 5 essential reads.

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• SOURCE: The Times
  4//14/19
  

  Join my Nato or watch critical thinking die

  by Niall Ferguson

  A new red army is out to silence debate. We must rise up and resist it.

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• 2/7/19
  

  Don’t Expect Rulers of Nuclear-Armed Nations to Accept Nuclear Disarmament―Unless They’re Pushed to Do So

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Although the rulers of nuclear-armed nations are usually eager to foster nuclear buildups, substantial public pressure can secure their acceptance of nuclear disarmament.    

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/7/29
  

  The mistake NATO was formed to correct — and how President Trump is repeating it

  by Gregory Mitrovich

  Allies abandoned one another in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s, they paid the price.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  11-13-18
  

  Trump Ridicules French for Losses in World Wars

  He says the U.S. had to rescue them.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  7-13-18
  

  How the GOP Embraced the World—And Then Turned Away

  by William I. Hitchcock

  Decades ago, Dwight Eisenhower defeated the isolationist faction of the Republican Party. Now, Trump is toppling his legacy.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  7-15-18
  

  Europe’s Dependence on the U.S. Was All Part of the Plan

  by Claire Berlinski

  Postwar U.S. statesmen designed our world order as it is for a reason. They had lived through what happened without it.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7-11-18
  

  Trump isn’t the first leader to rattle the world order

  by Kelly McFarland

  History shows us that Trump isn’t the first leader to take a brutish approach to international affairs.