Why NATO Has Become a Flash Point with Russia in Ukraine

1/24/22 UKRAINE CRISIS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments ·  Russia has mobilized more than one hundred thousand troops along its border with Ukraine and is demanding major security concessions from NATO. ·  Russia alleges that U.S. leaders have broken promises they made in the early 1990s to not expand NATO’s membership eastward. ·  U.S. and NATO Read More >

How Long Could Ukraine Hold Out Against a Russian Invasion?

1/24/22 UKRAINE CRISIS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments It was a large-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine involving around 130,000 military personnel, mainly from the 20th and 8th Combined Arms Armies. Paratroopers from the 76th and 98th Air Assault Divisions crossed the Ukrainian border from the north, headed toward Kharkiv. From the southeast, units including Read More >

Lockdowns During Early Pandemic Saved Lives, but Not a Go-To Strategy Moving Forward: Study

1/22/22 Pandemic preparedness Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population. But do these drastic measures save lives? Are they worth massive job and income losses? Read More >