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Feb 17 2026 
Col Douglas Macgregor: BOMBING IRAN Won’t Fix Anything
Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
U.S. military leaders are confident in their capabilities against Iran, but any war would likely involve American losses in the air, on the ground, and possibly at sea.
Senator Lindsey Graham is portrayed as accepting those risks, arguing military action is justified despite potential U.S. casualties. The speaker strongly disagrees, arguing there… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Middlegame and a Strategy for the Day after Tomorrow
Sergei A. Karaganov
National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Distinguished Professor, Academic Supervisor;
Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
Honorary Chairman—
Fear is the only thing the EU understands
Sergey Karaganov argues the conflict with the West has entered its middle game – and that only firm deterrence, including the credible threat of… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Patrushev on the protection of navigation and maritime borders of the Russian Federation
Nikolai Patrushev said that pirate attacks on the Russian maritime trade indicate that Western opponents decided to paralyze the foreign trade of our country / Pavel Bednyakov / RIA Novosti
(The translation is not wonderful but absolutely understandable).
“If we do not give them a tough rebuff, then soon the British, the French and even the Balts… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Iran & US hold constructive talks and exchange ideas on nuclear issue – Araghchi
Sputnik
💬 “I can say that at this round, compared to the last one, we brought up absolutely serious issues for discussion, the atmosphere was more productive. Various ideas were put up for discussion, and we had serious discussions on these ideas, and finally we found a strategic route that we will follow, along which we… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Trilateral talks on Ukraine end in Geneva after 6 hours of discussions
The talks were held behind closed doors at Hotel InterContinental
GENEVA, February 17. /TASS/. The trilateral closed-door talks on the Ukrainian settlement involving Russia, the United States, and Ukraine have ended in Geneva after six hours of discussions, a source told TASS.
The talks began at 1:56 p.m. local time (12:56 a.m. GMT). They were held behind… Continue reading
