Matthew Shoemaker
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Russo-Ukraine War
January 22, 2026
Russia's 90-Day Warning
How Trump's 500% Tariff Ends Putin’s War For three years, the world has waited for the Russian economy to implode. Instead, we watched a "Kalashnikov...
Matthew Shoemaker • RealClearDefense
Russo-Ukraine War
April 8, 2022
Cold War 2.0 and the New American Century
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine drags on, over 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine in the last 7 weeks alone. The UN estimates that if it becomes a...
Matthew Shoemaker • RealClearDefense
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