The author was part of a delegation to Kyiv of military, intelligence and diplomatic experts. Here are his impressions.
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Interviews with Russian men found most no longer see military service as a marker of masculinity.
The International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant for Putin and his children’s rights commissioner in March 2023, alleging the illegal abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children.
The drone ‘attack’ on the Kremlin remains shrouded in mystery. Here are some of the possible explanations.
It’s absolutely critical for Ukraine that its counteroffensive succeeds. If it doesn’t, the international coalition that has kept Ukraine in the fight may well come to favour a negotiated settlement.
China’s approach to ending the Ukraine war will determine the future of the European security order.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Is it security issues or fear of massive anti-war protests that has prompted the Kremlin to cancel many of the traditional May 9 celebrations this year?
Ukraine badly needs a major military success to boost the confidence of its western allies and ensure a continuing flow of military equipment.
Will Joe Biden be able to maintain the balance that has so far allowed him to avoid serious Vietnam-like errors in Ukraine?
Western society has become strangely unaware of the horrors of modern war, says an expert.
Opposing the Russian president appears as dangerous in today’s Russia as back in the days of the Stalin purges and show trials.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
The leaks suggest neither side has the capacity to force an outright victory this year.
Ukraine is hinting it may be prepared to talk, with conditions. Here’s what both sides could learn from the Northern Ireland peace process.
The deportation of children during war goes to the heart of important and far-reaching human rights conventions. But bringing perpetrators to justice will be a long and complex process.
A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
More than 5,000 documents were leaked by an anonymous whistleblower.
What started as a short military operation will now take years and years. Changing its tune is all in a day’s work for the Kremlin.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath
