Russia’s first Crimean war sounds a lot like Ukraine today, NPR’s Greg Myre notes. “There are very distinct parallels. And I think Putin has probably overstretched himself in the same… Read more »
Over 100 Russian servicemen from Buryatia have returned home after refusing to fight Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine, according to an anti-war group, Newsweek reports. A plane with 150 servicemen… Read more »
The Ukraine invasion could embolden authoritarian regimes, including Iran, says philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy. “They are strongly allied with Putin and Russia. Iran belongs today to an alliance, a… Read more »
The greatest theorist on war, Carl von Clausewitz, often explained that strategy must be dynamic, constantly changing and rejuvenating itself. In his famous treatise “On War,” he wrote that some… Read more »
New Zealand’s Prime Minister has warned the West not to cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a broader battle between autocracy and democracy, saying it could undermine efforts to get… Read more »
The European Union’s decision to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova is a historic turning point both for the former Soviet republics as well as for the EU. Ukraine… Read more »
As Ukraine defends its right to self-determination and freedom, it has become a symbol of the fight between democracy and dictatorship and has renewed the importance of democracy as a… Read more »
The thinking behind the assumption that the war in Ukraine may prompt an elite coup or mass protests that depose Vladimir Putin is based on a faulty reading of history,… Read more »
The war in Ukraine “is an inflection point,” said Jonas Parello-Plesner, executive director at the Alliance of Democracies. “It is not just Ukraine’s fight but a fight for liberal democracy,”… Read more »
A full-scale Ukrainian military defeat of Russia, including the retaking of Crimea, verges on fantasy and it would be far too optimistic to base either Ukrainian or Western strategy on… Read more »