Even as the world is grappling with the horrendous effects of the year-long Ukraine war, Russia and the United States seem determined to keep the ball rolling—apparently in an unrelenting cold war mode. Does this strategic scenario suggest the revival of what Richard Rosecrance once called the “Napoleonic imperium”? It …
Read More »Ukraine War: Will Russia Declare Another Round Of Mobilization? – Analysis
Another round of mobilization in Russia is likely this year. The prospect of a second round of the draft has hung over Russian society since the first one in September 2022, and both Ukraine and Western officials cited in the press in the past couple of months have publicly said …
Read More »United West, Divided From The Rest: Global Public Opinion One Year Into Russia’s War On Ukraine – Analysis
IntroductionA year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is little doubt the war is a turning point in world history. The conflict has challenged Europeans’ most basic assumptions about their security, brought the spectre of nuclear confrontation back to their continent, and disrupted the global economy, leaving energy and food …
Read More »“Polish saber swinging”? And come on now!
I do not understand those who are wringing their hands that Poland is becoming more and more willing and effective in playing the role of a regional power. I don’t understand them because Poland… is in fact already a regional power. And it would be rather unnatural to pretend that …
Read More »The horror, the horror – about a year of war
In terms of its historical goals, Russia lost this war the moment it was started. He bombed Ukraine, which he wanted to lure back, into an enemy nation. In the final scene of Coppola’s brilliant Vietnam war film epic, Apocalypse Now , after being put in physical and mental hell, …
Read More »War in Ukraine: what weight does the UN have to end the conflict?
The United Nations has multiplied initiatives since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. But as long as the right of veto remains, its room for maneuver will remain very narrow. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine . Nearly a year later, the results are dramatic . And there …
Read More »War in Ukraine: Is it possible to recognize new borders with the illegal use of force?
Many were surprised when the Russian invasion of Ukraineexceeded the first month. Weeks and months have passed and now a year is closing with no end to the war in sight. On the other hand, every war has an end, the conditions of which are defined by an equation of …
Read More »Michael McDowell: We are having another ‘Munich moment’
Giving Putin what he wants would have entirely predictable consequences. It must not happen History does not repeat itself that often but there are many parallels and analogies available to those who need them to make rhetorical points for political purposes. Some of them are valid; others are monstrously invalid …
Read More »One year of the war in Ukraine: Can a parallel be drawn with the war in our country in the 1990s?
Last year was a year of global conflict that will cost everything, agreed Danas interlocutors on the occasion of the anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. For Sonja Biserko, president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Ukraine showed great courage, and to everyone’s surprise. …
Read More »Russia policy after the war: A new strategy of containment
As Vladimir Putin’s world-altering war against Ukraine enters its second year, any hope of reviving the post-Cold War European security order depends on defeating Russia in Ukraine. But that will only be the first step in what will be a long struggle—one that calls for an updated strategy of containment. …
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