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FILE - Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs the Atlantic defense treaty for the United States, April 4, 1949. Vice President Alben W. Barkley, left, and President Harry Truman converse during the signing. Finland and Sweden are nearing decisions on whether to ditch their long-standing policy of military nonalignment and join NATO in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is expected to announce his stance on NATO membership on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/File)

History As It Happens: Patterns in U.S. foreign policy

By Martin Di Caro

Illustration on a more serious involvement in the Ukraine conflict with Russia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden must abandon his white glove Russia policy in Ukraine

By Peter Morici

Illustration on the founding principles, Constitution and ideals of America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. must lead in shaping the future of the world

By Clifford D. May

Ukrainian platoon commander Mariia talks to her soldiers in their position in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 2, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers returning from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. Mariia, 41, said that front-line conditions may vary depending on where a unit is positioned and how well supplied they are. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

‘Hell on earth’: Ukrainian soldiers describe eastern front

By Francesca Ebel - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, July 3, 2022, Russian soldiers set a Russian national flag and a replica of the Victory banner atop of the administration after capturing the eastern village of Bilohorivka which is now a territory under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin declares ‘victory’ after Ukrainian troops make strategic retreat from Luhansk province

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 7, 2022. In the rare public recording of a discussion between two world leaders, Macron tries to convince the Russian president to &quot;calm things down&quot; in the region. But all his suggestions reach a dead end on Putin's side. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Film reveals Macron’s diplomatic bids amid war in Ukraine

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Ukrainian platoon commander Mariia rests in a trench in a position in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 2, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers returning from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic. Mariia, 41, said that front-line conditions may vary depending on where a unit is positioned and how well supplied they are. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Putin declares victory in embattled Donbas region of Luhansk

By Francesca Ebel - Associated Press

A part of the mortar shell is seen in front of a sign that reads 'Slovyansk', after heavy fighting between pro-Russian fighters and Ukrainian government troops just outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk was occupied by pro-Russian separatists for months in 2014. Now its people are preparing to defend their community again as the fighting draws closer and invites a major battle. Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties, with some residents antagonistic toward Kyiv or nostalgic for their Soviet past. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia

By Francesca Ebel - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier looks at a drone screen showing Russian troops positions during heavy fighting at the front line in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)

Ukraine’s drone blitz loses its edge as Russian invasion advances

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Celebrating the Fourth of July Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Let’s celebrate Independence Day with our friends in Ukraine

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coloured smoke mark the launch ceremony for China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Victor Rosenberg, 81, looks out of a broken window in his home destroyed by the Russian rocket attack in the city centre of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city

By Maria Grazia Murru - Associated Press

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to take away debris at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the brutality of Russian missile strikes in recent days on the mall in the central city of Kremenchuk and on residential buildings in the capital, Kyiv, were in full view to the world and especially to Western leaders gathered for a trio of summits in Europe. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Russia’s messages with missiles tell West to back off

By Tamer Fakahany and Cara Anna - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a damaged residential building is seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Friday, July 1, 2022, following Russian missile attacks. Ukrainian authorities said Russian missile attacks on residential buildings in the port city of Odesa have killed more than a dozen people. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian missiles kill at least 21 in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Associated Press

A local resident walks next to a house destroyed in a Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Hotly contested ‘Snake Island’ back in Ukraine’s hands

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Live updates | Trudeau: Canada to up Latvia troop presence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Some of the soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team before being deployed to Germany from Hunter Army Airfield, Wednesday March 2, 2022 in Savannah, Ga. The division is sending 3,800 troops as reinforcements for various NATO allies in Eastern Europe. (Stephen B. Morton /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

U.S. bolsters long-term troop presence in Europe as Russia-Ukraine war drags on

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Live updates | Putin warns on NATO troops in Sweden, Finland

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Seven decades after it was founded, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid on June 29 and 30, 2022 with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western allies. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Live updates | Swedish PM: Now NATO accession must move fast

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

White to play and draw -- Mikhail Zinar (1983).

A timely tribute to the glories of Ukrainian chess

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times