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Daniel DePetris: The House passes aid, but Ukraine still has problems

For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his troops on the front line, relief is hopefully coming soon. On Saturday, the U.S. House of...

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Daniel DePetris: The Middle East is on the precipice. Israeli restraint would help.

Of all the retaliatory options against Israel that Iran had on its table, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chose the most bombastic: a...

15.04.2024 10

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Daniel DePetris: Joe Biden’s tone shifts and Israel pulls troops from Gaza. What’s next?

When Israel began striking back against Hamas in Gaza a mere hours after 3,000 terrorists stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, most people believed...

10.04.2024 4

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What its Washington visit means for Japan

10.04.2024 1

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Daniel DePetris: A belligerent China is bringing out East Asia’s resolve

In less than two weeks, President Joe Biden will greet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in...

02.04.2024 10

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Daniel DePetris: Don’t count on the United Nations to stop bloodshed in Gaza

The United Nations Security Council, the U.N.’s most important body, is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. If...

26.03.2024 6

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Daniel DePetris: Major European powers are divided on Ukraine

It wasn’t long ago when French President Emmanuel Macron fancied himself as Europe’s Vladimir Putin whisperer — somebody who could call up the...

19.03.2024 6

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Daniel DePetris: Haiti is in a state of anarchy

Incessant, round-the-clock violence. An impending famine. Mass displacement. A near total absence of state authority. Hundreds of thousands of...

12.03.2024 10

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Daniel DePetris: The US ‘rules-based order’ has been shattered in Gaza

Every U.S. president comes into office with big dreams, only to be bludgeoned by the realities of international politics. At the end of the day,...

05.03.2024 3

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Daniel DePetris: Benjamin Netanyahu’s postwar plan for Gaza brushes aside U.S. requests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in an unenviable position. Having been caught flat-footed by the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s...

27.02.2024 4

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Will the new US sanctions against Russia make a difference?

24.02.2024 4

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Daniel DePetris: Ukrainians on the back foot as the war enters its third year

Compared with the last two years, the last several days have been like a vacation for Russian President Vladimir Putin. His nemesis, Ukrainian...

20.02.2024 5

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Daniel DePetris: US retaliation for American deaths in Jordan shouldn’t be driven by war fever

Until this weekend, the roughly 45,000 U.S. troops based in the Middle East were able to insulate themselves from the chaos of the region. Granted,...

29.01.2024 4

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Daniel DePetris: The war in Gaza is an albatross around Benjamin Netanyahu’s neck

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a man with a significant amount of pressure on his shoulders. The 3 ½-month-long war against Hamas in...

23.01.2024 8

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Will there be another Israel-Hezbollah war?

19.01.2024 6

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Daniel DePetris: US bombing of Houthis is the latest example of how Congress gets sidelined for military action

President Joe Biden’s decision on Thursday to order a wave of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen was inevitable the moment the Yemeni militia...

16.01.2024 3

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The U.S. Is Done In Iraq

09.01.2024 5

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Daniel DePetris: Will the US bomb the Houthis?

President Joe Biden’s administration has spent the last three months trying to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading to other regions in the Middle...

09.01.2024 7

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Letters: Biden administration should finalize rules to end menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. While we already have made advancements in Illinois...

02.01.2024 10

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Daniel DePetris: Is the Middle East in danger of spinning out of control?

There is only so much a single person can do to control the events around them. Joe Biden is learning in real time that one of life’s golden rules...

02.01.2024 5

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Daniel DePetris: The US has a serious problem in the Red Sea as it tries to manage conflict in the Middle East

A decade ago, the Houthis were a ragtag group of fighters based in the north of Yemen that most people hadn’t even heard of. Today, the...

26.12.2023 10

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Daniel DePetris: A war between Hezbollah and Israel is the last thing the US wants

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is traveling to the Middle East this week in part to press Israel to moderate its war plans in Gaza and prepare for a...

19.12.2023 3

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Putin is smiling. But he shouldn’t be too happy

Russian President Vladimir Putin skipped his traditional, long-winded annual press conference last year — for good reason. Despite the sweet...

15.12.2023 7

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Daniel DePetris: Will taking out Hamas leader Yehya Sinwar shorten the war?

Six days after 9/11, President George W. Bush gathered with his cabinet for a meeting on how the United States planned to respond to the worst...

11.12.2023 4

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Daniel DePetris: Blaming Iran for all the violence in the Middle East is not the right tack to take for US policy

The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned deadly were it not for the...

05.12.2023 3

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As war in Gaza resumes, where does it go from here?

Regrettably for the people of Gaza, it was always a matter of when, not if, the war would resume. On Friday, that time arrived as Israeli aircraft...

03.12.2023 9

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Letters: A visit to Cantigny Park allowed my friend and me to witness a joyous occasion

My friend Gail and I visit Cantigny Park in Winfield each season; it is a lovely park with a First Division museum, a tank park that includes tanks...

28.11.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: What will happen after the Israel-Hamas truce expires?

Last week, I questioned whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas would be able to hammer out a short-term truce that would include...

28.11.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: The trials and tribulations of an Israel-Hamas hostage deal

Talking with your enemy during wartime is one of the most psychologically stressful things for a combatant to do. Haggling with the same people trying...

21.11.2023 6

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Daniel DePetris: The US isn’t deterring attacks in Iraq and Syria as it deals with the Israel-Hamas war

In addition to ensuring Israel has what it needs to crush Hamas as well as seeking to alleviate the dire humanitarian catastrophe for Palestinians in...

14.11.2023 4

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Will there be a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip?

Will there be a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip? For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, the answer is a quick and emphatic...

13.11.2023 2

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Daniel DePetris: Pessimism is growing in Ukraine. Has the war with Russia reached a stalemate?

Last August, more than two months after Ukraine began its counteroffensive against Russian positions in the east, U.S. national security adviser Jake...

07.11.2023 3

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Daniel DePetris: Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agree to meet as the US and China try to get on the same page

With all eyes on Gaza, a series of meetings in Washington between senior U.S. and Chinese officials late last week was slightly overlooked by the news...

31.10.2023 2

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After Syria airstrikes, what is the US endgame?

In the overnight hours on Thursday, two United States F-16 fighter jets dropped their payloads on two locations in Eastern Syria. The targets: an...

27.10.2023 2

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Daniel DePetris: For US officials, possible escalation of the Israel-Hamas war is a pressing issue

As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its third week, President Joe Biden is walking a tightrope and trying to accomplish three objectives...

24.10.2023 6

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Daniel DePetris: Israel has tough questions to ask about a ground invasion of Gaza

More than a week after the deadliest attack inside Israel in 50 years, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing for their largest and most...

14.10.2023 5

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In Syria, the US has a Turkey problem

Although Syria may technically be a state, it’s not exactly sovereign. And although President Bashar Assad has managed to pummel, starve, isolate,...

10.10.2023 1

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Daniel DePetris: How will the Israel-Hamas conflict affect US policy?

It was the worst attack on the state of Israel in 50 years. About 1,000 terrorists affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad sneaked...

09.10.2023 2

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Letters: Why we need to ‘back the blue’ and show police officers that what they do matters

I just read Jordan Marsh’s op-ed (“Does ‘back the blue’ mean defending any police action?” Sept. 28). To answer his question: No. “Back...

03.10.2023 3

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Daniel DePetris: As the war in Ukraine grinds on, Europe will prove more crucial

After weeks of finger-pointing, rhetorical gamesmanship and intra-GOP high jinks, Congress managed to avoid a federal government shutdown over the...

03.10.2023 3

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How Biden can leverage Ukraine war fatigue

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s multiday trip to Washington, D.C., last week, during which he held meetings on Capitol Hill, the White...

26.09.2023 2

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Daniel DePetris: On the India-Canada spat, the US is between a rock and a hard place

As perverse as it may sound, state-sponsored assassinations overseas are nothing new in the dirty world of international relations. Israel has...

26.09.2023 3

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A U.S.-Saudi Defense Pact Is a Terrible Idea

Whether it's managing an increasingly tense relationship with China or trying to sustain Western military support for Ukraine, the U.S. has its hands...

20.09.2023 2

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Daniel DePetris: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes Ukraine’s case to the United Nations

Every September, world leaders converge on United Nations headquarters in Manhattan for a series of meetings on topics ranging from socioeconomic...

19.09.2023 3

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In Ukraine, going on offensive is the hardest part

Ukraine’s counteroffensive, soon to enter its fourth month, is at best making marginal gains along the 1,000-mile front line. Russia’s network of...

17.09.2023 10

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Daniel DePetris: The US and Vietnam should boost their relationship. China looms large.

If you were to tell an American in 1973 that there would come a time when a future U.S. president was warmly greeted in Hanoi, he or she might have...

12.09.2023 2

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