One year at war: no winners, but all are losers
Ukrainian soldier stands watch in Kyiv. Photo courtesy the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Flickr. In Neville Chamberlain’s expression, in war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners,…
Andrei P. Tsygankov
Ukraine: How to avoid escalation and end the war
Ukrainian servicemen taking part in combat training, February 12, 2022. Photo courtesy the Press Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine As Russian tanks roll across…
The Russia-Ukraine War: Why the hawks prevailed
Ukrainian tanks advance in an unknown location in Ukraine. Photo courtesy Ukrainian Naval Forces Press Service. On February 24, following several days of intense shelling in the Donbas region and…
Liberal messianism and the Ukraine crisis have turned Joe Biden into a Russia hawk
US President Joe Biden in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2017. Photo courtesy US Embassy Kyiv/Flickr. The international crisis around Ukraine is far from over, but it has now revealed a problem…
Weakness and paranoia are behind the Western war scare
Ukrainian armoured military units near Sloviansk, July 2014. Photo by Sasha Maksymenko/Flickr. Western political and media circles are convinced that Russia has decided to invade Ukraine. They frequently speculate that…