Ukraine
If Ukraine sacrifices Crimea in return for promises of peace, it will set a precedent for further conflict, and split the country.
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May 6, 2025
Putin Plays the Numbers Game for Victory Day
Putin’s obsession with World War II victory celebrations reveal a desperation to win international acceptance.
May 5, 2025
Rain (Fire) on the Parade
The 80th-anniversary celebrations of victory in Europe will be disappointing—for Russia.
May 1, 2025
‘Historic’ US-Ukraine Minerals Deal
It’s been a long and hard road to agreement, but Ukraine has much to be happy with and the Kremlin does not.
April 25, 2025
Ukraine Cannot Accept Peace on the Kremlin’s Terms
Russia will not offer peace to Ukraine, whatever it surrenders. The Kremlin wants nothing less than national erasure.
April 25, 2025
Garage Land: Ukraine’s Defense Start-Ups
Russia’s full-scale invasion triggered a mobilization in garages and workshops across Ukraine, spawning cutting-edge innovations and hundreds of defense tech startups.
April 24, 2025
Russia’s Military Predicament
Sooner or later, the Ukraine war will be over. However it ends, Russia will face a tough choice: what should its military look like in the future?
April 24, 2025
NATO and the End of Military Self-Indulgence
NATO’s founding treaty obliges members “to maintain and develop [the]...capacity to resist armed attack.” That has been seriously weakened by peacetime posturing.
April 23, 2025
Please, Do Not Betray My Crimea
Crimea is not just a lump of land, it is the home to many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. In exile or under occupation, it is a part of our soul.
April 21, 2025
The Harsh Realities of Russian-Occupied Ukraine
The Kremlin proclaims “the restoration of new regions” in occupied Ukraine, but the reality is worsening poverty and lawlessness as Russia’s economic problems grow.