Reclaiming the Initiative From Russia
By Jeffrey Gedmin The American Interest “In the history of warfare I do not recollect a more fortunate retreat”, one of George Washington’s closest aides once said. The reference was […]
Tag Archives: Ukraine Invasion
Why Sanctions Against Russia Can Still Make a Difference
By Richard Nephew & Simon de Galbert The National Interest Despite the role they played in achieving a nuclear deal with Iran, sanctions continue to face a steep challenge in […]
The Nature of Finnish-Russian Relations
By Masha Gessen Harper’s Magazine Finns find it difficult to talk about the Winter War. Its history—both the official version in the schoolbooks and the unofficial version recalled by the […]
Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Economy
By Anders Åslund Project Syndicate Ukraine’s economy may no longer be in free fall, but it remains in dire straits. The country’s GDP contracted by 6.8% last year, and is […]
The Kremlin’s Internet Troll Army
By Adrian Chen The New York Times Magazine Every day at the Internet Research Agency was essentially the same, Savchuk told me. The first thing employees did upon arriving at […]
Can the China-Russia Warmth Last?
By Björn Alexander Düben The Diplomat Sino-Russian relations appear to be flourishing. As Moscow has become locked in conflict with the West over the crisis in Ukraine, it has moved closer […]
Hybrid War: Old Concept, New Techniques
By Alex Deep Small Wars Journal While the means by which state and non-state actors conduct hybrid war today have changed, the fundamental principle of utilizing a combination of conventional […]
Putin’s Nordic Miscalculation
By Michael Haltzel The Huffington Post Vladimir Putin is proving to be a tactical genius but a strategic blunderer. Perhaps the most important geostrategic result of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine […]
Yes, Sanctions Work
By Vladislav Inozemtsev The American Interest Both in Russia and in the West, many analysts argue that sanctions are ineffective. In Moscow this argument is repeated almost constantly with regard […]
Modern Drone Warfare in Ukraine
By Patrick Tucker Defense One At the Donetsk Airport, a handful of Ukrainian military men by Jan. 19 had been fighting off the Russian-backed Donetsk People’s Republic, orDPR, for months. […]
