Friday, May 13, 2022

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 13, 2022

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender aircraft over Poland, February 24, 2022. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Joseph Barron/Handout via REUTERS  

Doug Bandow, 19FortyFive: Are the U.S. and Russia Destined for War over Ukraine? 

Traditionally, nations joined alliances to improve their security. This is no longer the case for the US. 

For Washington, alliances have become charitable endeavors. For instance, in Europe America has been allying itself with military midgets, most recently bringing North Macedonia and Montenegro into NATO.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 13, 2022  

Why Is Russia Losing So Much Military Equipment In Ukraine? -- Carlos Coelho, RFE  

Putin Pulls Russian Spy Agency Out of Ukraine -- Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, Moscow Times  

Readiness Problem? The U.S. Military Is Sending Its Own Weapons to Ukraine -- Stavros Atlamazoglou, 19FortyFive  

Ukraine Probably Won't Win -- Daniel Davis, 1945 

 The U.S. Military Might Be More Like Russia’s Military Than You Think -- Steve Blank and Ryan Evans, War On The Rocks  

Are Sweden and Finland going from neutral to Nato? -- Phelan Chatterjee, BBC News  

Sri Lanka crisis: How war heroes became villains -- Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News 

The rise and fall of a political dynasty that brought Sri Lanka to its knees -- Leela Jacinto, France 24  

China Takes Aim At NATO -- Reid Standish, RFE  

Chinese Bases in the Pacific: A Reality Check -- RCD  

Marcos dynasty back in power: What’s next for the Philippines? -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Al Jazeera  

What’s drawing the US back into Libya? Ukraine, Russia, and oil. -- Taylor Luck, CSM

How great power competition is complicating global cooperation -- William Yang, DW

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