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Freedom, dignity, survival: We owe it to Ukraine to make the blood price they pay for victory less
Marking nine years since Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity & Georgia’s hybrid defeat — and why the West must understand both to see the way ahead
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Molly McKew
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March 2022
Escalating fears that Putin might do something crazy
A brief note on a very strange day
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Molly McKew
[Part 2] Ukrainian sacrifice has created the opportunity for a better future with Russia.
Ukraine sees how to fight Putin. But they also see a chance for a different future between the West and Russia. We must take it.
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Molly McKew
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There is no way back. [Part 1]
If we want the war to stay in Ukraine, we have to win it in Ukraine.
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Molly McKew
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February 2022
Fulcrum, abyss, salvation
For eight years, Ukraine has been the West’s shield against Russian aggression. Now, it is the spear.
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Molly McKew
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January 2022
The free world won’t save itself trapped by fear
It’s time to conceptualize a Kremlin defeat
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Molly McKew
How threats against Ukraine became negotiations on European security architecture
Great Power is pleased to bring you this guest post from Eerik-Niiles Kross, a former Estonian intelligence director and current Member of Parliament…
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Molly McKew
December 2021
The Kremlin’s goals for Ukraine and Belarus are intertwined
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister evaluates Russia’s latest military buildup
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Molly McKew
The only choice was ever to help Ukraine fight
When I arrived in Kyiv in early December 2014, it was bitterly cold. At night, a crystalline fog would descend. In the morning, the trees were coated in…
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Molly McKew
November 2021
Afghanistan wasn’t Dunkirk
Giving thanks for everyone who showed up to help in the Afghanistan evacuation and the aftermath — even though nobody asked
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Molly McKew
August 2021
300,000 Afghan lives. The only victory left is saving every one.
Can we evacuate 300,000 people from Afghanistan? It doesn’t matter if this wasn’t the question we wanted to answer. It’s the only question now. And…
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Molly McKew
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The August War, 13 years later
By failing to learn the lessons from Georgia, did we encourage the Kremlin to pursue its disruptive course?
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Molly McKew
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