Will Ukraine Invasion Condemn Putin to Place Among Russia’s Worst Rulers?
Vladimir Putin refuses to admit defeat in Ukraine. On September 21, he announced plans for a partial mobilization while also vowing to annex large swathes of Ukraine and threatening to defend his gain
Russia on the Ropes
Vladimir Putin is isolated more than ever. In recent days, world opinion and his allies, have turned against his war. He’s losing, he knows it, and doubles down. Despite criticism by “allies” China, I
Uman Celebrates the Jewish New Year
Autumn is here and, despite the ongoing war, Hasidic pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in Ukraine to honor one of the founders of the Hasidic movement. Every year in September the populati
Russia’s Obscene “Referendums”: A Media Exercise In Humiliation, and an Element Of War Crimes
With Ukraine now on the offensive, Russia announced just a few days ago that it would no longer try to hold “referendums” on the territory it occupies in Ukraine. Then, coinciding with Putin’s speech
How Medvedchuk’s Return to Russia will Affect Ukrainian Politics
The release of 215 defenders of Mariupol, including ten foreign citizens who were in Russian captivity, in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk and 50 Russians was sensational news. The contrast in the reac
Sham Referenda, Partial Mobilization and Putin’s Nuclear Bluff
The Russian authorities, pushed into a military and political corner by the recent victorious counter-offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, have nevertheless dared to take some d
How the “Crime of Aggression” Applies to Russia’s War Against Ukraine
The crime of aggression is often called the “mother of all crimes” or “the supreme international crime.” This is based on the concept that all other international crimes derive from the crime of aggre
All or Nothing – Putin Has Chosen Escalation of War
The successful rapid counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv direction and the continuing liberation of settlements in the south and east of Ukraine have turned the tide of Russia’s war ag
Who Overpowered Russian Forces in Kharkiv Oblast? Countering Russian Disinformation
For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russian government officials have acknowledged defeat on the battlefield. The Russian Ministry of Defense has thus embraced a new info
The Ukraine War and the Great Perceptual Divide
The world has always been divided into two groups of people: the ones who take action and those who sit on the sidelines. I call it the great perceptual divide. The divide has always been there but th
Putin Has a Choice: Cut His Losses, or Double Down. Or Does He?
Most people would say Ukraine has gained the upper hand in its fight with Russia and that, with the Ukrainian army on the march and NATO weapons deliveries to Kyiv ratcheting up from impressive to out
In Four Decades Covering Wars, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like Ukraine (VIDEO)
The celebrated veteran foreign affairs columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Trudy Rubin, spent three weeks in Ukraine this summer and has just shared her views on what the war looks like from the
With Putin’s war of aggression approaching its third anniversary, the financial, technological, and demographic hurdles facing the Russian economy are more severe than is commonly understood.
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