Ukraine: Why Russia cannot win
Putin’s regime cannot win the war in Ukraine, but it may put its own future at risk, says Jan Kallberg, an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy and a… Read more »
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Is Russia’s social contract about to expire?
When the 50 or so members of the Russian opposition met last November at the Jablonna Palace outside Warsaw, where the Polish opposition once began the so-called roundtable discussions that eventually led… Read more »
As symbol of global ideological struggle, Ukraine ‘galvanized democracies’ – and complicated support strategies
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February made democracy’s defense a priority of the highest geopolitical as well as normative order, says a new report. It propelled commitments to protect democracy… Read more »
Putin’s Ukraine war is ‘turning Russia into a failed state’
Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »
Putin’s Ukraine war part of larger ‘crusade’ against the West
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is also aimed at liberal democracy and the West’s way of life, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “They consider their war against… Read more »
Russian opposition calls protests over Putin’s ‘disastrous’ war in Ukraine
Шествие в Москве против войны. Храбрые, лучшие! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/njAHbSAiOp — Соболь Любовь (@SobolLubov) September 21, 2022 Russia’s opposition on Wednesday called for protests against President Vladimir Putin after he ordered… Read more »
A ‘contest of global stamina’: Why Ukraine war is an ‘axial’ event
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 »
Solidarity imperative, but is West’s Ukraine strategy ‘in danger of failing’?
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 »
With bare hands – the legacy of Oswaldo Payá
I’ve often wondered, what does it take for a lone individual to stand up to a totalitarian system, and to risk it all for the right to speak and associate… Read more »
Don’t neglect the civil side of Ukraine war, analyst warns
It is dangerous for the U.S., NATO, the EU, and America’s broader range of strategic partners to focus on the military dimensions of the Ukraine War and to fail focusing… Read more »