Author: Realist Review Staff
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Russia and China Really Are Getting Closer
Jacob Bosen // Russia and China are rediscovering a need to cooperate, using their shared histories and beliefs to develop a powerful Sino-Russian bloc that could secure relative hegemony in Asia
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Clarify American Goals as Ukraine’s Progress Slows
George Barber // The United States must determine its end goal for the war in Ukraine. The pervasive idealistic rhetoric must be replaced with options that come from a place of realism.
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Nuclear Stability Starts With Us
Carl Parkin // Denuclearization can become, rather than self-destructive, an active project led by a global superpower
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Belarus Could Have Been Neutral
Matthew Bryant // America’s hardline approach to the Belarusian government has helped Vladimir Putin dominate Lukashenko. This should be seen as a tactical error.
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Taiwan Doesn’t Want To Be A Proxy Conflict
Garrett Ehinger // The United States should not try to force Taiwan into making purchases without demonstrated interest
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Serbia Between Washington and Moscow
Julian Fisher // Recent events in Kosovo reveal unresolved tensions and a geopolitical struggle for dominance in the Balkans.
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Overestimating Allies: Kennan on Southeast Asia
Narupat Rattanakit // America should pursue their national interests through engagement with each Southeast Asian state utilizing greater diplomatic, economic, and non-military security related engagements.
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Trading Democracy for Stability: El Salvador and Nayib Bukele
Ethan Coulon // Salvadoran voters seem to accept a bargain of less freedom and more fragile democracy for security, after years of civil war and exacerbated gang violence.
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Avoiding America’s Brewing War in the Baltics
Robert Clarke // Sending strong policy signals to the Baltic capitals could help defuse the danger of unintended conflict between the Baltics and Russia that would lead the U.S. into war.
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The Ogaden War: The Lasting Impact of the Cold War Conflict
Nick Kimble // The perception a “failed state” is rooted in a Cold War proxy conflict in which the United States and the Soviet Union played a significant role.