What if Russia loses?
•A Defeat for Moscow Won’t Be a Clear Victory for the West By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage Russian President Vladimir…
Grand strategy is total: French Gen. Andre Beaufre on war in the nuclear age
By Michael Shurkin Gen. André Beaufre (1902 – 1975), the father of contemporary French strategic thought and required reading at…
Russia vs NATO military strength comparison goes viral
By Anders Anglesey An online post that compared Russia and NATO’s military strength has gone viral amid continued anger between Kyiv and Moscow…
In the US, Americans’ appetite for war has diminished. Putin knows it.
•America Is Afraid of War for now •The invasion of Ukraine and the rise of America’s isolationists. By Zoe Strimpel…
NATO must prepare to defend its weakest point—the Suwalki Corridor
•On the Polish-Lithuanian border, the West must respond to Russia’s actual capabilities rather than making assumptions about its intent. By John…
Signal and noise: What Russia’s nuclear threat means for Europe
•The Kremlin instrumentalises fear of nuclear war to make others bow to its ambitions. The West and Russia have often…
Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert as tension mounts
In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put…
The Coming Ukrainian Insurgency
•Russia’s Invasion Could Unleash Forces the Kremlin Can’t Control By Douglas London Russian forces have struck targets across Ukraine and seized…
Insurgency in Ukraine could lead to major war in Europe
•Avoiding escalation with Russia would become even harder. By Jerad I. Harper Despite Western military aid and the threat of punishing…
Putin is repeating the USSR’s mistakes
•The Wrong Lessons of History By James Hershberg Vladimir Putin is a product of the Cold War. Russia’s president made his…