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Letters: Why we need to ‘back the blue’ and show police officers that what they do matters

I just read Jordan Marsh’s op-ed (“Does ‘back the blue’ mean defending any police action?” Sept. 28). To answer his question: No. “Back...

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Daniel DePetris: As the war in Ukraine grinds on, Europe will prove more crucial

After weeks of finger-pointing, rhetorical gamesmanship and intra-GOP high jinks, Congress managed to avoid a federal government shutdown over the...

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How Biden can leverage Ukraine war fatigue

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s multiday trip to Washington, D.C., last week, during which he held meetings on Capitol Hill, the White...

26.09.2023 1

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: On the India-Canada spat, the US is between a rock and a hard place

As perverse as it may sound, state-sponsored assassinations overseas are nothing new in the dirty world of international relations. Israel has...

26.09.2023 2

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A U.S.-Saudi Defense Pact Is a Terrible Idea

Whether it's managing an increasingly tense relationship with China or trying to sustain Western military support for Ukraine, the U.S. has its hands...

20.09.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes Ukraine’s case to the United Nations

Every September, world leaders converge on United Nations headquarters in Manhattan for a series of meetings on topics ranging from socioeconomic...

19.09.2023 1

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In Ukraine, going on offensive is the hardest part

Ukraine’s counteroffensive, soon to enter its fourth month, is at best making marginal gains along the 1,000-mile front line. Russia’s network of...

17.09.2023 10

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: The US and Vietnam should boost their relationship. China looms large.

If you were to tell an American in 1973 that there would come a time when a future U.S. president was warmly greeted in Hanoi, he or she might have...

12.09.2023 1

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The bad and good news about Iran’s nuclear program

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the world’s chief nuclear watchdog, leaked snippets of its latest quarterly report about Iran’s nuclear...

05.09.2023 1

Washington Examiner

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Letters: Michael Madigan is out of Illinois politics, but the corruption left in his wake will take years to fix

Regarding the news story “Pritzker taps Madigan ally for state board” (Aug. 30): I would like to say that I was surprised to see a political...

05.09.2023 8

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Daniel DePetris: Talks to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel are getting crowded

Several weeks ago, I raised a question in my weekly column that the Biden administration’s Middle East shop is no doubt asking itself on a daily...

05.09.2023 3

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Letters: Workers and Chicago restaurants will be better off with a fair wage law

While reading the Aug. 23 editorial “When it comes to restaurants and tipping, Brandon Johnson’s allies should be careful what they wish for,” I...

29.08.2023 7

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Daniel DePetris: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death in Russia raises questions about the Wagner Group’s future

It’s official: The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader and financier of the Wagner mercenary group, was officially confirmed by Russian authorities...

29.08.2023 3

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Daniel DePetris: Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrestles with questions as Ukraine’s counteroffensive grinds on

There was good news and bad news for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend. The good news: Ukraine will finally be receiving the...

22.08.2023 2

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Niger’s political crisis could affect the US counterterrorism footprint

Nearly three weeks after the Nigerien presidential guard overthrew President Mohammed Bazoum, the political crisis in the Sahelian African state shows...

20.08.2023 50

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Daniel DePetris: The US is negotiating with Iran to release prisoners. Here’s why that matters.

Negotiating with Iran is never easy or uncontroversial. But it’s often necessary to solve problems — or in one case last week, to free Americans...

15.08.2023 3

Chicago Tribune

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Daniel DePetris: Don’t read too much into China’s attendance at Ukraine peace talk

Last weekend, Russia pounded Ukrainian positions in the Kharkiv region with a bevy of cruise missiles and one-way attack drones, killing at least four...

08.08.2023 10

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Japan sees a region on fire

After skimming Japan’s new defense white paper, one gets the sense that Asia is on fire. The 30-page strategy is screaming with warnings about the...

01.08.2023 1

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: What should the US do to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia?

For President Joe Biden, a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia is the Holy Grail of diplomatic deals in the Middle East....

01.08.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: The Korean Peninsula’s never-ending security dilemma

The Korean Peninsula has been a beehive of activity over the past two weeks — and I’m not just talking about the strange case of a U.S. soldier...

25.07.2023 1

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South Africa's Putin problem

Just because Pretoria is over 7,000 miles away from the battlefields of Ukraine doesn’t mean the 17-month-long war hasn’t impacted South Africa....

21.07.2023 7

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Daniel DePetris: Can the US and United Nations do anything about Haiti?

Last week, the United Nations Security Council, a body typically riven by substantive disagreements among its permanent member states, managed to come...

18.07.2023 2

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Assad wins at the United Nations Security Council — again

The United Nations Security Council has generally been a feckless institution on the Syria file. The council’s ineptitude was exposed at the very...

15.07.2023 10

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: NATO projects unity ahead of summit, but disagreements over Ukraine persist

President Joe Biden is on a multiday swing through Europe, a continent that continues to host its deadliest war in 80 years. After he wraps up his...

11.07.2023 2

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Why Janet Yellen is going to China

Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in an attempt to partially smooth over the increasingly rocky relationship between...

06.07.2023 6

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Letters: Is the America the Supreme Court is creating one we want to live in?

The Supreme Court’s LBGTQ rights-related ruling raises some serious questions. To recap, Web Designer A offers web design services to the public....

04.07.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: Bombing Mexico to stop drug cartels from supplying US with fentanyl is a terrible idea

The early stretch of the 2024 presidential campaign is underway — and with it a boatload of bad ideas and policy initiatives. One of the worst but...

04.07.2023 4

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Daniel DePetris: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia...

27.06.2023 1

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Don’t expect a U.S.-India alliance anytime soon — if ever

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a bonafide rocket star during his trip to Washington, D.C., last week. There were 7,000 cheering supporters...

26.06.2023 8

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Daniel DePetris: Antony Blinken’s visit to China didn’t resolve tensions, but it’s a start

For the first time in five years, a U.S. secretary of state set foot on Chinese soil for an official visit. Antony Blinken, America’s top diplomat,...

20.06.2023 4

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The US and Iran are talking. But are they negotiating?

Saudi Arabia has been on a diplomatic blitz this year, building bridges with traditional adversaries and bolstering ties with regional neighbors....

16.06.2023 9

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: Sizing up Ukraine’s counteroffensive is difficult in the fog of war

After months of speculation about when Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive will begin, we now have an answer: right now. Tens of thousands...

13.06.2023 4

Chicago Tribune

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Will McCarthy stand up to defense hawks?

By now, we all know the terms of the debt ceiling and government spending bill President Joe Biden signed last weekend after an acrimonious weekslong...

07.06.2023 6

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: Do we face nuclear confrontation? The erosion of agreements has heightened the risk.

You may not know it from watching cable news, going grocery shopping or doing any other mundane chore of daily life, but the world is at an increased...

06.06.2023 4

Chicago Tribune

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What Erdogan's victory means for the US and its allies

Say what you want about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the man keeps winning elections. Last weekend, the Turkish president bested his...

31.05.2023 10

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Daniel DePetris: Why is the Defense Department immune from budget cuts?

The only thing we can say for certain about ongoing budget talks between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is that neither man will...

30.05.2023 20

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Will US moves in the South Pacific pay off?

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled this week to Papua New Guinea, a Pacific island nation of roughly 10 million people, to sign a bundle of...

25.05.2023 9

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: Zelenskyy tries and fails to get support from the global South at the G-7 summit

Bakhmut, the midsize Ukrainian city that used to have a population of 80,000, is now reportedly in Russian hands after a bloody nine-month military...

23.05.2023 20

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Daniel DePetris: Policy is at a crossroads in a deeply troubled Afghanistan

Nearly 21 months after the U.S. withdrawal from a two-decadelong misadventure in Afghanistan, an increasingly polarized Washington continues to ask...

16.05.2023 3

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What's behind the State Department's South Africa controversy?

One of the first jobs of a diplomat is not to make a situation worse. Sometimes picking fights is appropriate, and sometimes it can lead to...

15.05.2023 5

Washington Examiner

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Could the US have done anything better on Sudan?

For the last four weeks, the Sudanese capital of Khartoum has been a war zone. Its residents have been scrambling for the most basic items, just...

11.05.2023 9

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: The US war on terror continues. We just don’t talk about it.

At a time when the Biden administration has its hands full trying to reverse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and manage a U.S.-China relationship stuck...

09.05.2023 7

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Hillary Clinton makes a thin Ukraine-Taiwan connection

Increasingly in Washington, the question is not whether China’s People’s Liberation Army will invade Taiwan — it’s when. Ask three different...

05.05.2023 7

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: The US and world were naive about Sudan leaders’ commitment to democracy

When Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir was removed from power in 2019 after a 30-year reign, a ray of hope emerged for the millions of people on the...

02.05.2023 4

Chicago Tribune

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Decoding South Korea's nuclear-focused state visit

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to the United States, the first by a South Korean president in 12 years, was nothing short of a lovefest. But...

28.04.2023 7

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: Is NATO stringing along Ukraine about the possibility of membership?

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s trip last week to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was precisely what you would expect from the head of the...

25.04.2023 3

Chicago Tribune

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Will Sudan's conflict descend into a proxy war?

The African nation of Sudan is no stranger to conflict. Since Sudan declared independence from the U.K. and Egypt in 1956, there have been too many...

21.04.2023 2

Washington Examiner

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Daniel DePetris: The problem with Biden’s hawkish Iran approach

For President Joe Biden, preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is a core national security objective. Biden administration officials across...

17.04.2023 2

Chicago Tribune

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Arab governments rush to make amends with Assad

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad used to be an international outcast, Syria’s equivalent of Kim Jong Un. The Syrian dictator had few partners and even...

14.04.2023 2

Washington Examiner

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Daniel R. DePetris: A truce has slowed the bloodshed in Yemen. Will the calm hold?

Being an international diplomat can be a thankless, unenviable task. It’s not all fancy attire, speechmaking and cocktail receptions with the...

13.04.2023 3

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