Back to NewslettersAPR-23-2022 Press conference of Volodymyr Zelenskyy the President of Ukraine during Russian Ukrainian war at Kyiv Metro station to protect against air strikes. Kyiv, Ukraine© Dmytro Larin/ shutterstock.comA powerful state was threatening to protect its compatriots over the border by intervening in a neighboring country. The neighbor had a well-equipped army but could not have beaten back the powerful state all by itself. The world stood on the brink of another world war. But thanks to the intercession of diplomats, a hastily written agreement averted a major...…Back to NewslettersAPR-23-2022 Press conference of Volodymyr Zelenskyy the President of Ukraine during Russian Ukrainian war at Kyiv Metro station to protect against air strikes. Kyiv, Ukraine© Dmytro Larin/ shutterstock.comA powerful state was threatening to protect its compatriots over the border by intervening in a neighboring country. The neighbor had a well-equipped army but could not have beaten back the powerful state all by itself. The world stood on the brink of another world war. But thanks to the intercession of diplomats, a hastily written agreement averted a major...WW…

Back to NewslettersSupreme Court of the United States © Nicholas K Moore / shutterstock.comAfter last year’s NATO summit, Joe Biden talked to reporters about the war in Ukraine, US military assistance to the government in Kyiv, the invitations to Sweden and Finland to join NATO and the global economy.The message that the US president emphasized on all of these issues was that “America is back.” After the isolationist rhetoric of the Trump years, the United States was once again participating in multilateral initiatives and shouldering its share of alliance burdens. It was the defining...…Back to NewslettersSupreme Court of the United States © Nicholas K Moore / shutterstock.comAfter last year’s NATO summit, Joe Biden talked to reporters about the war in Ukraine, US military assistance to the government in Kyiv, the invitations to Sweden and Finland to join NATO and the global economy.The message that the US president emphasized on all of these issues was that “America is back.” After the isolationist rhetoric of the Trump years, the United States was once again participating in multilateral initiatives and shouldering its share of alliance burdens. It was the defining...WW…