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Russo-Ukraine War
March 20, 2025
End State
“End state — The set of required conditions that defines achievement of the commander’s objectives” (DoD Dictionary Jan 2024) The Road to Riyadh…...
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Russo-Ukraine War
February 24, 2025
Ukraine Negotiations: Widen the Aperture
Is someone in the Trump administration seeing China as the ends, with Ukraine and a deal being the ways and means, in the current negotiations with...
Mike Kelly • RealClearDefense
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