MICHAEL HUGHES is a DC-based journalist and foreign policy analyst with experience as a senior editor and State Department correspondent for an international newswire agency. His work can be found in CNN, HuffPost, Asia Times, Truthout, Examiner.com, Dissident Voice, Sputnik, and Afghan Online Press. 

US, NATO Escalate ‘Mujahideen’ Strategy in Ukraine

March 19 (Afghan Online Press) - The U.S. approach to the conflict in Ukraine is starting to take on the contours of the operation the CIA launched more than 40 years ago in Afghanistan, from the types of weapons being delivered to the extremist elements on the receiving end.

Biden Hypes Javelin Impact in Ukraine Amid Shortfall

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden during a Lockheed Martin plant tour in Alabama championed the Javelin's effectiveness in Ukraine although questions loom over its likely impact in the next phase of the war in light of supply constraints and changing battlefield conditions.