It is clear that Putin’s army is doing its best to avoid civilian casualties. It uses siege tactics as opposed to the barbarian American ‘Shock and Awe’ doctrine. Furthermore, the Russian military works hard not to dismantle the Ukrainian military. …

However, I saved for separate discussion and did not mention one key point made by Shakhnazarov that was picked up by other panelists and became a general topic for discussion:  that the Americans are doing everything in their power for …

They expected a naval assault by the Japanese from the open sea but they got it wrong.  Japanese forces came down the Malayan peninsula through jungle terrain which the British thought was impassable.   Triumphantly the Japanese commander called on …

We also argue that the current mix of escalatory and de-escalatory actions by the parties is meant to improve their negotiating positions by influencing the other parties’ perceptions of “no-deal options”—i.e., the options that would be left open to them …

The nuclear age inaugurated by U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 almost reached its deadly culmination in October 1962, but Kennedy and Khrushchev prevailed over the militarists in both camps and found a diplomatic solution. Mature statecraft led …

Putin has now demonstrated that his concerns over NATO expansion, especially to Ukraine, and violations of the Russia-NATO Council agreement by placing weapons on the territory of post-1999 new NATO member countries were real, not feigned. Those who pushed NATO …

Andrei Nekrasov (lead image, left) is a Russian screenwriter and playwright, film and theatre director,  and philosopher who emigrated from Russia in 1980.

Born in St Petersburg in 1958, he studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of …