Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
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What happens now could dictate the course of the rest of the war.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
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.
How does Putin extract himself from this mess? The only way to do so is to win the war in Ukraine, or at least to win sufficient concessions that would permit him to spin it as a victory.
Failing on the battlefield, Russia is now concentrating its fire against civilians in Ukraine’s major cities.
US president Joe Biden has warned of Armageddon if Russia uses nuclear weapons and says Vladimir Putin needs an ‘off ramp’ to de-escalate.
Under normal circumstances the Crimean Bridge would be shut for a long time – but circumstances are far from normal.
Memorial embodies resistance to the radical evil of modern totalitarianism.
Russian actions in occupied Ukraine are following a plan modeled on how the Soviet Union dismantled Nazi influence in Germany after World War II – including arrests and revised school lessons.
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?
An anthropologist explains how years of conflict have made Ukrainians reassess their priorities and relationships.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea is using unexpected guerrilla tactics.
Democratic nation-states were supposed to be the legitimate successors of empires. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in the past century, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reflection of that.
Crimea has been a very important strategic outpost for Russia, which is why Moscow is threatening “doomsday” if Ukraine attacks.
For hundreds of years, Russia has elevated its political leaders as figureheads. That’s part of what makes its propaganda so convincing.
Russia’s long-term plan for Ukraine is to draw it away from the west.
The sort of scenarios that might lead to the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war would require a significant deterioration in Russian fortunes — and greater western involvement in the conflict.
A young woman in Lviv, Ukraine, writes about fleeing Russian aggression not once, but twice, since 2014 and explains the fierce desire to stay in her home country – a desire shared by many.
As Russia prepares to take more Ukrainian territory, Moldova could be next on Putin’s target list.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Associate Professor, International Development, School of Government, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Founding Dean and Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School, Indiana University
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Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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