Common Grounds

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• Negotiating With Putin Is the Only Way Forward

  
  March 28, 2022 12:03

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/negotiations-putin-ukraine-us-eu-only-way-forward-by-oscar-arias-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=b1b84672f3-sunday_newsletter_03_27_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-b1b84672f3-93791313&mc_cid=b1b84672f3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  
  By OSCAR ARIAS

  Published March 23, 2022

   

  If the Cold War powers could come together to complete the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in the 1960s, and if Central America's warring parties could agree on settlements to end their conflicts in the 1980s, the same can happen today in Ukraine. In fact, there is no alternative to dialogue.

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• Zelensky Doesn’t Know the End of His Story. Churchill Didn’t Either.

  
  March 24, 2022 14:43

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/opinion/zelensky-churchill.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220324&instance_id=56553&nl=todaysheadlines&regi _id=69909790&segment_id=86412&user_id=f 9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By Andrew Marr

  Published March 23, 2022

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• From Israel to Russia, occupiers are remaking the world order

  
  March 29, 2022 14:52

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/edition/russia-israel-occupiers/

   

  By Haggai Matar

  Published March 27, 2022

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• Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace

  
  March 29, 2022 15:09

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-israel-palestine-zelensky-support-disgrace

   

  By Asad Ghanem

  Published March 22, 2022

   

  In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle

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• Editorial | Did Somebody Say ‘Oil,’ ‘Petro-Dictator,’ ‘America’s Addiction to Oil?’

  
  April 01, 2022 14:43

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

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• How to Defeat Putin and Save the Planet

  
  April 01, 2022 11:08

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/how-to-defeat-putin-and-save-the-planet.html?campaign_id=225&emc=edit_nttf_20220329&instance_id=57065&nl=thomas-friedman&regi_id=69909790&segment_id=86929&te=1&user_id=f9c06872cc476fdf04233a4c100d7930

   

  By Thomas L. Friedman

  Published March 29, 2022

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• To Understand Putin, You First Need to Get Inside Aleksandr Dugin's Head

  
  March 24, 2022 14:04

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-to-understand-putin-you-first-need-to-get-inside-aleksandr-dugin-s-head-1.10682008?lts=1647804960100

   

  By Amit Varshizky

  Published March 17, 2022

   

  For Aleksandr Dugin, the most influential thinker in Russia, the war in Ukraine is a historic moment that will usher in a new world order

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• A Special Tribunal for Putin

  
  March 24, 2022 13:45

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/special-tribunal-putin-crime-of-aggression-by-murray-hunt-2022-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1e7df47bb9-op_newsletter_03_18_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-1e7df47bb9-93791313&mc_cid=1e7df47bb9&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By MURRAY HUNT

  Published March 11, 2022

   

  For many years, the international rule of law has been undermined not just by rogue dictators but also by the leading global powers. Against this ominous backdrop, Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine represents a new low – one that cannot be tolerated if there is to be peace in the twenty-first century.

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• Analysis | Putin Is Stuck in Ukrainian Mud, but He Still Has a Nuclear Option

  
  March 21, 2022 09:51

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-putin-is-stuck-in-ukrainian-mud-but-he-still-has-a-nuclear-option-1.10686105?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=ba4426f36a

   

  By Anshel Pfeffer

  Published March 20, 2022

   

  After 25 days of fighting, it looks increasingly likely that Russia's armored columns won’t be driving victoriously down Kyiv’s broad boulevards. But that doesn’t mean Ukraine will avoid even greater suffering

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• From War of Choice to War of Perseverance

  
  March 21, 2022 09:50

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/war-of-perseverence-in-ukraine-by-richard-haass-2022-03?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=3777643288-sunday_newsletter_03_20_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-3777643288-93791313&mc_cid=3777643288&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspaylog

   

  By RICHARD HAASS

  Published March 14, 2022

   

  What could make the situation in Ukraine more ripe for a peaceful resolution? There are three potential sources of pressure that could be brought to bear on Russian President Vladimir Putin, but none is likely to induce him to negotiate seriously.

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