What Ukraine needs now
Europe and the West have got much right in supporting Ukrainians’ right to live as they choose. Tougher sanctions are being imposed. But as Russia started a ruthless war of…
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Time to go after the Kremlin’s wallets
Russia recognized eastern Ukraine’s so-called separatist republics as independent countries on February 21, dramatically raising the stakes in the confrontation initiated late last year by Vladimir Putin. The move is…
Putin escalates his Ukraine war with recognition of separatist republics
Almost exactly eight years to the day since he first ordered the invasion of Crimea, Vladimir Putin struck another blow in his war against Ukrainian statehood on February 21 by…
Putin’s self-defeating war has succeeded in uniting Ukrainians
In the international discourse around Ukraine, the country has traditionally been portrayed as a divided nation with irreconcilable differences between east and west. This was always an unhelpful over-simplification of…
NATO must seize the current strategic opportunity in the Black Sea
How quickly tectonic change occurs. The first draft of this paper was written in October 20
Will there be a “Munich Moment” in the Russia-Ukraine crisis?
Hybrid warfare experts are watching closely over the next few days for a “Munich moment”: a Russian offer of a high-stakes, last-minute diplomatic deal to forestall a further Russian invasion…
What would constitute victory for Putin in his war with Ukraine?
The looming threat of a Russian offensive against Ukraine raises the question: what would constitute a Russian victory in any future military operation? The British government has suggested that Moscow’s…
Putin has seriously wounded Ukraine’s economy without firing a single shot
Even without launching his threatened full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is already causing the country great economic losses. The West cannot stand by and watch this happen. Indeed, the…
The view from Ukraine: What happens if war breaks out tomorrow?
Editor’s note: Ukraine currently finds itself in the global spotlight as the world monitors an unprecedented Russian military build-up along the country’s borders and waits to see whether Vladimir Putin…
Russia may dodge sanctions by using Putin proxies to invade Ukraine
Ukraine is currently in the global spotlight amid mounting speculation that Vladimir Putin is about unleash the largest European conflict since World War II. Russia has concentrated troops to the…