There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
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In Russia, individual sacrifice is an integral part of the national psyche.
Satellite photography of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows block after block of destroyed buildings. Satellite radar provides a different view – a systematic look at the destruction of the whole city.
One of the main minds behind sanctions on Russia, Russian economist and political refugee Sergei Guriev is adamant about their restraining power on the Kremlin.
A scholar of Eastern Europe spent time talking with Ukrainians in Kyiv during a recent trip and observed that people are scarred from the war – but still determined to fight back against Russia.
Euphoria in the West about the short-lived revolt by the Wagner Group hasn’t yet resulted in military gains for Ukraine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward or if the remaining water is lost to the war could lead to a disaster.
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.
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
One year into a conflict in Europe that many thought impossible, we are likely about to rediscover just how world-shaping wars can be.
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a history going back to the 16th century, when some Orthodox bishops and their followers agreed to become Catholic.
There are a range of new flashpoints and ongoing deadly conflicts the world has largely ignored due to the focus on Ukraine.
Given their numbers advantage, Russian troops were expected to quickly capture Ukraine. That didn’t happen, and with winter approaching, more Russian military defeats are expected.
The G20 comes at a time of deep divisions between the world’s powers, so it’s unlikely to make much progress on its policy agenda - but it’s still good to talk.
There are 3 reasons why Russia’s loss of Kherson – if Moscow’s claims are accurate – will likely prove decisive for the future of the war, and potentially Putin’s own fortunes too.
There’s now a hard-headed security rationale for further supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
This is policy on the fly. At best it will buy Putin time over another cold Ukrainian winter. At worst it will result in battlefield chaos and potentially mass slaughter.
Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
Putin simultaneously seeks to control Ukraine, to dominate Russia’s region, and to hasten the fall of the West. And is an internal struggle on the horizon?
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
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Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior lecturer in law, Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
