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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Both sides are now bracing for a long and bloody war of attrition.
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.
Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is being seen as a symbol of how well the Ukraine war is going.
As Russia prepares to take more Ukrainian territory, Moldova could be next on Putin’s target list.
Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.
In the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war, we should pay more attention to the evolution of Russia’s official rhetoric and military actions in former Soviet states.
Russia’s playbook for taking control of the Donbas and now Kherson province could be used beyond Ukraine.
The reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are complicated and based on centuries of history between the two countries. A Ukrainian scholar provides some background.
The existing conflict between the Donbas and Ukraine, explained.
Vladimir Putin has sent troops into the eastern Ukraine regions known as the Donbas. Here’s what life has been like for people living in the separatist territories.
The current move is probably what markets have been expecting for several months. Here’s what it will take for a panic to set in.
Putin’s latest speech revealed that the dispute with Ukraine is just part of his challenge to the current international order.
The previous, Minsk II agreement has failed to bring peace for seven years.
As Russia threatens to invade Ukraine, Ukrainians wonder about the worth of a 1994 agreement signed by Russia, the US and the UK, who promised to protect the newly independent state’s sovereignty.
Given the disconnect between Russia and the US and its NATO allies, it is puzzling why the talks happened at all, and what might possibly be gained from them.
Tensions are high, but a Russian invasion is highly unlikely.
Seven years on the causes of the war in Ukraine remain disputed. So it’s important to look at a timeline of events.
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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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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Owen L. Coon Endowed Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, Northwestern University
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Director, Centre of East European and International Studies (ZOiS) and Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Communication (Clinical) and Co-Director of Eurasian Security and Governance Program, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Finance, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in International Politics, University of Stirling
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Reading
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Professor of Demography, University of Southampton
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PhD Candidate in Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL
