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On March 28, the International Olympic Committee made a proposal to allow Russian athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics under a neutral flag as long as they did not explicitly support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In view of past strong objections to its proposal, the committee offered to establish a screening panel, which…

I don’t want to suggest that there currently are any secret undertakings between the Biden Administration and Xi Jinping’s (習近平) regime. I would only caution that secret understandings and clandestine assurances are anathema to America’s principles of diplomacy. President Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” demanded “open covenants, openly arrived at, that proceed always frankly and in…

In a small bedroom community of Ukraine’s capitol city of Kyiv, a young girl is extremely lucky to be alive. In her home’s backyard, there was a shiny object that looked a little like a torpedo. She and her little friends liked to play around it. The object was a cluster bomb cannister. When it was…

This article was written by IWP M.A. candidate Jacob Bosen.  A year after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, many analysts are reflecting on why Russia invaded and what Ukraine and others can do to counter the aggression. Much attention has been paid to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s miscalculation after Ukraine has shown its ability to…

Questions like this are full of innuendos that complicate the issue. Such as: what of the Falklands War (1982), Argentina’s “Dirty War” (1976-1983), or the 1969 “Soccer War” between El Salvador and Honduras? Certainly, the Western Hemisphere (WH) has never been free of warfare, much less violence, as any history of the region will attest,…

People in conflict zones have been using mines since the U.S. Civil War – but, what’s going on in Ukraine today is unique in history. For one, it’s happening at a larger scale than we’ve seen since World War II. Ukraine has the second-largest area of all European countries, and already large parts of it…

Because of the war in Ukraine, the Russian pundits and politicians not only threaten to use nuclear weapons, but also promise invading other nations. The list is long, indeed. Who’s next? Kazakhstan remains a favorite, but in reality, no one from the old Soviet bloc is safe. Of course, the Baltics are permanently on the menu. As far as Poland, the Russians…

So, educating students about the dangers of communism is racist? Who knew? Virginia Republicans recently introduced House Bill 1816 which would have declared November 7 — the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution — Victims of Communism Day. The bill stated that the day would be “suitably observed in each public elementary and secondary school in the…

From the time “recorded” history began (6,000 BC), all societies on earth have lived in something we call “government,” including aboriginals, tribes, and indigenous groups. “Anarchy,” being “without authority,” is impossible for any form of society and normally refers to a temporary breakdown of order, as in civil disturbance, revolution, protest, strike, etc. Whether society…

President Joe Biden popped up in Kiyv and visited Warsaw recently to reaffirm his staunch support of Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia. The trip was largely symbolic, denoting continuity of America’s commitment to arming the Ukrainians. The U.S. warned Russia about our chief executive’s foray on a train to Kiyv. Thus, there was essentially no danger to the U.S. president, but a…