War in Ukraine

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War in Ukraine: When International Laws Collide

The war in Ukraine is a tangled mess of causes. As Nicolai Petro has argued, it is at once a conflict between Russia and the US, a conflict between Russia and Ukraine and a conflict within Ukraine. But at its core there are two conflicts: the conflict over whether NATO should have an open door for Ukraine and the conflict over whether the Donbas should be part of Ukraine, an autonomous region or even a part of Russia.

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What Have We Bargained for in Ukraine?

The dangers of the conflict are much greater than hawks would have us believe.

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VIDEO: Professor Geoffrey Roberts: The UK’s Challenger Tanks and the Threat of Escalation

UK Government considering supplying tanks to Ukraine | Professor Geoffrey Roberts discusses

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Six questions Western defense chiefs never seem to raise but should today

The pressure is on to supply Ukraine more advanced weapons. How does this fit into a broader strategy to end the war?

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US throws its support behind potential operation by Ukraine in Crimea

The Pentagon said Thursday that the US would continue to support Ukraine in the event of a potential operation by Kyiv to take back Crimea.

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LAURA INGRAHAM: No matter how much we give to Ukraine, it’s never enough

In the main result, utter devastation from a war that never would have happened if we had a real president, Laura Ingraham says

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US May Help Ukraine Launch An Offensive On Crimea

In a new article titled “U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea,” the New York Times reports that the Biden administration now believes Kyiv may need to launch an offensive on the territory that Moscow has considered a part of the Russian Federation since 2014, “even if such a move increases the risk of escalation.”

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VIDEO: Col. Douglas Macgregor: ‘Washington always emotes, it does not think.’

Col. Douglas Macgregor gives updates casualty figures in Ukraine and discusses the efforts among Western government to provide more and more equipment to Kiev.

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What if Russia Won the Ukraine War but the Western Press Didn’t Notice?

The level of creative story-telling about Russia’s progress in the Ukraine War has reached the point where the scenario below is not entirely impossible. Sadly yours truly lacks the literary skills to execute a Philip K. Dick rendering of this sketch:

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Erich Vad: What are the war aims?

Erich Vad is an ex-brigadier general. From 2006 to 2013, he was the military policy advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He is one of the rare voices who spoke out publicly early on against arms deliveries to Ukraine in the absence of political strategy and diplomatic efforts. Even now he is speaking an uncomfortable truth.