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Can the Emirates Divorce Themselves of Putin?
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Can the Emirates Divorce Themselves of Putin?

Much like Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the war in Ukraine is now another “frozen conflict” derived from the fall of the Soviet Union. What the Kremlin calls its “near abroad,” is now an escalating proxy war between two nuclear superpowers. Dangerous stuff we have here. As global diplomats look for a path forward...

Sudan’s next stop: Regional proxy war?
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Sudan’s next stop: Regional proxy war?

The next stage of the battle for Khartoum will, it seems, be decided in Cairo, Ankara and Abu Dhabi. The middle powers of the Middle East are talking peace even while they are arming their favored clients. The theory is that when one side gains a clear battlefield advantage, the other will sue for peace....