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<title><![CDATA[Daniel DePetris - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32801.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Daniel DePetris]]></description><category domain="32801">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Removing Maduro Was the Easy Part]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/removing-maduro-easy-part-trump-115002534.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHsmneNStUf2lWcTH_oVu81uo4mX4Iw2hvBALYdE3h2tL2Aia0JL1QYEXF9hwTKfNqVmblP0gQ2UC1OxsgoVP6</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many Venezuelans will rejoice at the ousting of the dictator, but history cautions that regime change is never as simple as it may seem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Betraying Ukraine by Pretending It Can Still Win]]></title>
							<link>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/europe-betraying-ukraine-pretending-still-175536056.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's an unsettling sense of deja vu about recent reports on the US-sponsored talks to reach a Ukraine-Russia peace deal. US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, sat down with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for almost five hours last week, after which the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Trade War May Derail U.S.-China Relations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-trade-war-threatens-derail-us-china-relations-opinion-2060595</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[None of this serves the interests of either the United States or China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Neutrality Is the Best Course for Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-neutrality-is-the-best-course-for-ukraine/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The war has shown the limits of Western security guarantees.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2025 Will Be a Pivotal Year for Ukraine and Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/2025-will-pivotal-year-ukraine-russia-opinion-2008881</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Support for a full Ukrainian military victory is getting more precarious in Europe with every passing day.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Answers Iran. 3 Questions Remain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-israel-answers-iran-three-194938098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Netanyahu has ignored U.S. advice about his wars in Gaza and Lebanon. On Iran, though, he may have taken Biden's concerns seriously.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine Deserves To Hear the Truth About NATO]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/opinions/ukraine-biden-nato-summit-membership-depetris/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A year ago, NATO heads of state gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, for their annual summit. A gathering designed to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a message about NATO'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s resolve and commitment became clouded instead, however, by the question of Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s eventual membership...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Iran's Strike on Israel Could Start an Escalation Spiral]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/iran-attacking-israel-damascus-strike-escalation-rcna147706</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A tense regional situation is becoming even more fraught.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' And this is not a low-cost scenario for the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Debate on the U.S.' Israel Policy Is Moving Fast]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/debate-us-israel-policy-moving-fast-opinion-1872586</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite extensive backing by the U.S., one can't shake the feeling that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking all of it for granted.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine Fights a War as a Few Americans Talk Peace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-fights-war-few-americans-talk-peace-opinion-1811446</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Any draft peace agreement, assuming one becomes viable, will ultimately be Ukraine's to accept or reject. The notion propagated by some that mischievous Americans are infringing on Ukraine's sovereignty is absurd.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can China Broker Peace? Don't Rule It Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/28/china-peace-ukraine-xi-jinping-moscow-kyiv</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Xi Jinping's courting of both Moscow and Kyiv seems to be making headway, say Rajan Menon and Daniel R DePetris of Defense Priorities]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What If the Ukraine War Is Never Won?]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/what-if-the-ukraine-war-is-never-won/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ukraine's Donbas is like a bloody seesaw. The Russians acquire one kilometer of ground, only for the Ukrainians to counterattack.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Zelensky's Catch-22]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/volodymyr-zelenskys-catch-22</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Russian President Vladimir Putin believed the Ukrainian army would surrender without a fight, he was mistaken.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Avoid War, Take NATO Membership Off the Table]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/biden-ukraine-speech-pushes-sanctions-russian-banks-s-not-going-ncna1289540</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Russia-Ukraine war can likely be stemmed at the low cost of acknowledging reality. That's a better outcome than risking war for the sake of principle.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Withdrawal Isn't Rushed, It's Long Overdue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/trump-afghanistan-withdrawal-long-overdue-1548153</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Delaying a final U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will only increase the cost to Americans in uniform.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Must Try to Thaw Its Relationship With Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2019/11/13/america_must_try_to_thaw_its_relationship_with_russia_113116.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no denying that U.S.-Russia ties have seen better days. President Donald Trump?s attempt to improve relations between the two countries notwithstanding, Washington and Moscow view one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Involvement in Syria Wasn't Meant to Be Long-Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/us-kurdish-ties-not-betrayal-turkey-islamic-state-1464073</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite loud protests about American betrayal, core U.S. national security interests in war-ravaged Syria were always narrow and specific: destroy the Islamic State's physical caliphate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Is the Time for Better Relations With Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/with-mueller-done-now-is-the-time-for-better-relations-with-russia/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The shrieking pundits have been quieted. Trump should seize the opportunity and work for peace.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Amount of Intervention Is Going to Save Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/31/no-amount-u-s-intervention-going-save-afghanistan-now-ever/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These failed pundits' efforts are meant to shame President Trump into reversing his instinct to pull the United States out of Afghanistan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bolton: Foreign Policy Architect or Saboteur?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/john-bolton-trumps-foreign-policy-architect-or-saboteur/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/john-bolton-trumps-foreign-policy-architect-or-saboteur/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He's slow-walking the Syria withdrawal, either on the president's orders or over his head.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Establishment Myths About Leaving Syria, Debunked]]></title>
							<link>http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/27/4-foreign-policy-establishment-myths-leaving-syria-debunked/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's decision nips further mission creep in the bud and refocuses the national security bureaucracy on the right priorities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Trump's Duty to Press Europeans on Defense Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/its-trumps-duty-to-press-the-europeans-on-defense-spending/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/its-trumps-duty-to-press-the-europeans-on-defense-spending/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For him not to during the upcoming NATO summit would be a dereliction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[June 12 Could Be Make-or-Break Moment for World Peace]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/388925-on-north-korea-give-trump-some-credit</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[June 12, 2018 could very well be a make-or-break moment for world peace, international stability and U.S. national security.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Trump Should Get the U.S. Out of Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/5-reasons-trump-should-get-the-us-out-of-syria</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are U.S. special operations forces and advisers in Syria preparing to pack up their rucksacks and redeploy back home? President Trump suggested as much during a campaign-style rally in Ohio this Thursday, surprising military officers, intelligence officials, and national security...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Routing ISIS From Iraq... More War]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/after-routing-isis-from-iraq-more-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now the U.S. has backed itself into the Turkey-Kurd conflict.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dealmaker-in-Chief Goes to Jerusalem]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-dealmaker-chief-goes-jerusalem-20739</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-dealmaker-chief-goes-jerusalem-20739]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump should be ambitious, but he can't badger Netanyahu and Abbas into making a deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Paul Is Right on NATO and McCain Is Wrong]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/324310-why-paul-is-right-on-nato-and-mccain-is-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This January, the Foreign Relations Committee recommended a vote to ratify Montenegro'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s accession to NATO. This week, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) attempted to do just that, requesting unanimous consent that the Resolution of Ratification be approved by the full chamber without any...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump's Latest Travel Ban Order Is a Winner]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/4-reasons-why-trumps-latest-travel-ban-order-winner-19689</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://nationalinterest.org/feature/4-reasons-why-trumps-latest-travel-ban-order-winner-19689]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel DePetris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the nationwide stay against President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s travel ban executive order last month, it was a defeat for the White House on policy grounds and an international embarrassment for a young administration that looked as if it...]]></description>
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