In recent years, Western governments have, in effect, aided the rise of personalist dictators in Russia, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Venezuela.
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Despite decades of progress on nonproliferation, Russia’s new threats of nuclear strikes bring to mind that convincing countries to reduce their nuclear weapons has long been very difficult.
Vladimir Putin has long been a favorite with many American evangelicals who praised his support for conservative values – and some of them still can’t break up with him.
If Russian missiles have an accuracy of one metre, how come they seem to hit civilian targets such as healthcare centres?
This is the first time a world currency has been pegged to gold since the Bretton Woods system ended in 1971.
Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.
Sanctions take time to bite, and Putin has time on his side.
President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
Estimates of casualties from the war in Ukraine have varied widely. Some of this is due to genuine difficulty counting the dead, but there are also strategic reasons to put out misleading death tolls.
Did Russian intelligence mislead Putin about Ukraine’s capabilities or did they just tell him what he wanted to hear?
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
Past sanctions on Russia, including being expelled from another international forum, haven’t had the desired results. So why try the same thing again?
The Conversation’s weekly round-up of some of the best articles about the war in Ukraine.
The warring countries have a long way to go before a credible peace settlement can be signed.
In the middle of a brutal war, poetry asserts its value, challenging the darkness and inhumanity.
What would allow Vladimir Putin to save face in Ukraine in terms of negotiating a ceasefire? Ukraine would likely have to cede its NATO aspirations as well as territory in the east.
If talks succeed in ending the violence, it would cement Turkey’s role as a key regional power broker.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, its leader was immediately labeled “fascist” by Ukrainians and others. A political scientist explains why that label fits.
The Belarusian regime is bitterly despised by its people, but it survives through the use of force and Russian support. Belarusians don’t want war, and their country is also under occupation.
If this descends into a protracted guerrilla war, Ukraine has the skill and resources to hurt Russia badly.
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