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The Ukraine crisis is mobilising support across Europe. EPA-EFE/Stéphanie Lecocq

February 11, 2022

Ukraine: the problem with copying Finland’s strict cold war neutrality

Kenton White, University of Reading

To remain neutral, Finland had to surrender power to the Soviet Union during the cold war.

Former President George W. Bush, left, with James A. Baker III at the 2018 funeral of George H.W. Bush. AP Pool

November 30, 2020

James Baker’s masterful legal strategies won George W. Bush a contested election – unlike Rudy Giuliani’s string of losses

Richard Pildes, New York University

James Baker, the high-powered lawyer chosen by George W. Bush to lead his fight over the contested 2000 election, delivered victory. A new book reveals three crucial reasons why.

Unlike every president who followed him, George H.W. Bush had a background in foreign policy. In 1972, Bush was serving as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. AP Photo/Dave Pickoff

December 1, 2018

Why we’ll miss George H.W. Bush, America’s last foreign policy president

James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service

The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?

December 1, 2018

George H.W. Bush: America’s last foreign policy president

James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service

The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?

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