Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Ukraine.
In his farewell address of January 1961, Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans against the āacquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by…
The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face…
When we discuss post-traumatic stress disorder in the context of war, most people usually imagine a soldier, who is back from war…
In the last few days Iāve seen three separate instances of generative AI being used to promote propaganda for US-Israeli war agendas…
Ahead of May Day 2022, two months after Russiaās full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian trade unionists called for solidarity with the invaded…
The UK mediaās take on the use of āhard powerā depends entirely on whoās exercising it. The labelling of Russiaās war in…
When the euro crisis hit in early 2010, with Greece the first domino to fall, all it took to surmise that Europe…
Washingtonās 2025 strike on Iran, the raid to remove Venezuelan President NicolĆ”s Maduro in early 2026, and its renewed interest in acquiring Greenland have clarified the countryās…
Europe has repeatedly rejected peace with Russia at moments when a negotiated settlement was available, and those rejections have proven profoundly self-defeating.…
The Trump administration now looks closer than ever to stopping the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Until now, the US president had…
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