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The Ukraine War, Redefined

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The war in Ukraine began under a faulty assumption shared by many, including the United States, that if Russia invaded, it would defeat Ukraine,...

Historical Phases and Transitions

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I have said before that 1991 was the year one era ended and another began. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Maastricht...

The World and a Small War

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No war is small when you are living in it, but the world is large, and large wars are rare. At the same time,...

The Pain and Pleasure of Being Right

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In 2009, I published a book about the next century called "The Next 100 Years," in which I predicted that Russia would become increasingly...

Time For Putin’s Hail Mary Pass

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Alexander Dvornikov isn’t exactly a household name, but it could be soon. He’s the Russian general President Vladimir Putin has put in charge of...

War, Hatred and Exhaustion

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For much of my life, my father worked as a typesetter for The New York Times. Type was spit out by linotype machines, and...

How the Ukraine War Will Likely End

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As we consider how the war in Ukraine will end, we must first understand how it began. Russia invaded for geostrategic reasons – having...

A Visit to Dubai

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On the last day of our trip to Dubai, my wife and I are struggling to understand the precise meaning of “one day.” In...

The Emerging Order

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I am writing this from Dubai, on a trip I will describe on my return to the United States. A summit was held in...

How the Ukrainian Battlefield Redefines the World

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The war in Ukraine is a humanitarian tragedy to be sure, but that’s not why it has commanded the world’s attention. After all, there...

Will Russia Return to Its Old Strategy?

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After Russia invaded Ukraine, I explained why I didn’t think it would and laid out my reasoning in a subsequent column. I have been...

Learning Lessons From the War in Ukraine

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After a war, all parties turn to “lessons learned,” a phrase that has become commonplace. A war is, in a hideous way, a learning...
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