Common Grounds

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• Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks

  
  March 18, 2022 12:23

  Source: Financial Times 

  https://www.ft.com/content/7b341e46-d375-4817-be67-802b7fa77ef1

   

  By Max Seddon in Riga, Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv, Arash Massoudi in London and Neri Zilber in Tel Aviv 

  Published March 16, 2022

   

  Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees

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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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• 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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• 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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• Ukraine is not Palestine, Russia is not Israel

  
  March 29, 2022 14:44

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ukraine-is-not-palestine-russia-is-not-israel/

   

  By Issa Khalaf

  Published March 24, 2022

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• Zelensky, entering new stage of war, faces political test

  
  April 07, 2022 11:25

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/03/zelenky-putin-peace-deal-ukraine-politics/

   

  By Paul Sonne, Shane Harris, Michael Birnbaum and Souad Mekhennet

   

  As the war grinds on and peace talks continue, the Ukrainian president confronts new challenges

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• Israel and the Triangular Crisis of Ukraine, Iran, and Palestine

  
  April 05, 2022 15:07

  Source: The New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/israel-and-the-triangular-crisis-of-ukraine-iran-and-palestine

   

  By Bernard Avishai

  Published April 1, 2022

   

  A summit in Israel, at a decisive moment, highlighted the tensions that have rendered the nation an outlier among democratic states.

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• Russia Is Finished as a Major Energy Power

  
  April 07, 2022 14:38

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ending-russia-energy-leverage-by-simon-johnson-and-oleg-ustenko-2022-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=01b9aced13-sunday_newsletter_04_03_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-01b9aced13-93791313&mc_cid=01b9aced13&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By SIMON JOHNSON, OLEG USTENKO

  Published March 31, 2022

   

  In the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, no European in their right mind wants Russia to have the free cash flow that its hydrocarbon exports currently provide. And the European Union, the United States, and their allies are already on track to remove this major source of the Kremlin's geopolitical leverage.

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• This Geopolitical War is a ‘Geopolitical Crime’

  
  April 12, 2022 13:57

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/this-geopolitical-war-is-a-geopolitical-crime/

   

  By Richard Falk

  Published April 10, 2022

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• Scott Schaeffer-Duffy: No excuse for Russian invasion of Ukraine, but Americans must remember...

  
  April 12, 2022 14:05

  Source: Telegram&Gazette

  https://www.telegram.com/story/opinion/2022/04/08/schaeffer-duffy-no-excuse-russian-invasion-ukraine-but-americans-must-remember/7270229001/

   

  By Scott Schaeffer-Duffy

  Published April 8, 2022

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