{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mark S. Cogan","provider_url":"https:\/\/markscogan.com","author_name":"Mark Cogan","author_url":"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/index.php\/author\/polisci03\/","title":"Time to End Ambiguity: Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan and the U.S.\ufffc &#8211; Mark S. Cogan","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OpVepiQGXJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/09\/time-to-end-ambiguity-ukrainian-lessons-for-taiwan\/\">Time to End Ambiguity: Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan and the U.S.\ufffc<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/09\/time-to-end-ambiguity-ukrainian-lessons-for-taiwan\/embed\/#?secret=OpVepiQGXJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Time to End Ambiguity: Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan and the U.S.\ufffc&#8221; &#8212; Mark S. Cogan\" data-secret=\"OpVepiQGXJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/markscogan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/thediplomat-2020-03-26-10.jpg","thumbnail_width":924,"thumbnail_height":616,"description":"As the war in Ukraine heads into its second week, the bodies are piling higher. Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry for the first time acknowledged Russian casualties from their February 24 invasion. The top Ukrainian newspaper in Kyiv recently reported that 9,000 Russian troops have been killed, although the Ukrainian government reports more than 11,000. Regardless of the exact numbers, the human toll cannot be understated. After 20 years in Afghanistan, just short of 2,500 American troops were killed. The Russians lost almost 15,000 over ten years. At this rate, Russia\u2019s military operation in Ukraine looks set to well exceed those figures."}