By James Siebens Editor’s note: Don’t miss our comprehensive guide to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Conventional wisdom can change quickly. Whereas many opinion-makers once believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats were no more than a bluff, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine (again), conventional wisdom settled on a new position: that he planned to invade Ukraine […]
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By Sam Winter-Levy “We will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine,” U.S. President Joe Biden tweeted earlier this month. Biden was referring to a direct military confrontation between the United States and Russia, and in that regard he has been true to his word. But in another respect his statement obscured an important […]
By Walter Haynes The Ukrainian military has fought tenaciously to stop Russia’s advance into large population centers, as the current siege of Mariupol illustrates. Western countries are delivering a torrent of weapons, ordnance, and other military aid to Ukraine. Countries around the world have signed on to severe economic sanctions against Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky […]