Ukraine badly needs a major military success to boost the confidence of its western allies and ensure a continuing flow of military equipment.
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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.
Putin’s rhetoric over Ukraine has roots in the end of the second world war, attitudes explained by Paul Winterton, a British journalist at the time.
The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
Russia is reportedly preparing massive defences to prevent a lightning offensive to retake the occupied peninsula.
Foreign agent laws claimed as a tool to fight back against foreign interference can also be used to silence critics and repress law-abiding NGOs, independent media and individuals.
Ecological damage, risk of nuclear accident and the economic fallout from war all affect countries well beyond the conflict zone. How should the world deal with these borderless threats?
History shows us why China and Russia want to form a strong alliance.
The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
The International Criminal Court sets a high bar for prosecuting heads of state for crimes committed while they are in power.
Top contributors
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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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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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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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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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
