When Deep Vellum, a small, independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas, agreed three years ago to publish a novel by Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov, it planned a typical run of 2,000 copies. But the time the book was ready for its release in March 2022, the world had changed: …

This is not an idle question, especially when the US-led NATO Western military alliance is, according to the Russian top diplomat Lavrov, already at war with Russia in Ukraine. Now the Russian leaders are in such a difficult situation that in order to avoid disastrous consequences, they are seemingly forced …

Countries of the Global South, whether big or small, feel threatened by interfering Western powers led by the US China on Tuesday released its “position paper” on global security. The comprehensive paper touches on all aspects of global security (except security from debt traps). But an aspect that should please …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …