Putin commenced this war anticipating a swift and uncomplicated victory, but he misjudged the Ukrainian people.
History shows that what cannot be achieved on the battlefield is unlikely to be obtained at the negotiating table.
Niebuhr would likely want America to continue arming Ukraine because he would see it not as another Vietnam, but as Manchuria again.
A negotiated settlement would necessitate painful compromises on both sides, but it is the only viable option.
Russia offers Pyongyang geopolitical leverage, enabling North Korea to diversify its foreign partnerships and reduce its dependence on China.
Moscow’s instruments of extracting political concessions in the region are gradually losing their effectiveness as the war in Ukraine continues.
Reductive approaches must be replaced with a more comprehensive integrated analysis to learn lessons essential to preventing comparable conflicts.
Andreas Umland reflects on the Russia-Ukraine war, the long-term implications of Western sanctions against Russia, and a potential military deterrence against escalation.
The world is more complicated than it was a decade ago when scholars ruminated on the capacity of International Relations Theory to understand or reflect what was happening in it.
The broad range of CRSV victims in Ukraine demonstrates the diversity and complexity of their reparative needs.
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