Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Since annexing Crimea ten years ago, Putin has set out to destroy non-Russian identities on the peninsular.
Russian propaganda and talking points on Ukraine continue to be repeated, without being challenged, two years after the war began.
Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
The Russia-Ukraine war highlights developments in modern warfare, which uses new weaponry alongside traditional methods of fighting.
A centralised system of government has allowed Putin to project power, but the country’s health care, schools, infrastructure and general quality of life have sharply deteriorated.
While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
Ukrainians are safeguarding their language and cultural identity in the face of Russian attempts to erase it.
Russia’s armed forces continue to gain territory in Ukraine, at high cost to both sides.
Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
Ukraine can borrow lessons from the First World War as the war with Russia enters its third year.
A world where the US has fewer allies would be an even more dangerous place.
Helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression is not a violation of international law – but Russia might interpret it as escalation.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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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, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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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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