Ukraine

Opinion – On 9 May Putin’s Russia Will Glorify War and Stalin

Taras Kuzio • May 9 2022 • Articles

Putin’s so-called de-Nazification has nothing to do with combating Nazis in Ukraine and everything to do with the xenophobic Stalinist and racist climate in Putin’s Russia.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Return of Civilisational Politics: An American and French Tale

Chia-Yu Liang and Ferran Perez Mena • Apr 27 2022 • Articles

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has emerged in a broader historical context of deglobalisation and a fractured global economy.

Opinion – A New Cold War?

Campbell Craig • Apr 25 2022 • Articles

Saying that we are entering a new Cold War is a tempting option for politicians to raise alarm and demonstrate their toughness, a tactic perfected in Washington over the past 70 years.

Russia’s War Goals in Ukraine

David R. Marples • Apr 21 2022 • Articles

There is no obvious end point or exit point for Putin as his goal is to win and occupy a vast territory and to be recognized as a victorious conqueror that has restored the glory of Russia.

Opinion – Signed, Sealed and Irrelevant: The Impact of the Budapest Memorandum

Craig R. Myers • Apr 19 2022 • Articles

The Budapest Memorandum worked in the short-term by de-nuclearizing a former Soviet state, but proved worthless in deterring Russian aggression.

The Geopolitical Implications of the Russo-Ukraine War for Central Asia

Andrew Latham and Audun Sundeen • Apr 18 2022 • Articles

Central Asia is heading towards a radical reconfiguration in the geopolitical balance of power, possibly even towards war.

Responses From Central Asian States to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Beate Eschment • Mar 31 2022 • Articles

Declarations of neutrality appear hard-won and far from pro-Russian, given the multiple dependencies of the Central Asian states on all-powerful Russia.

Interview – Hilary Appel

E-International Relations • Mar 28 2022 • Features

Hilary Appel sets out why Ukraine is so important to Russia, the role of NATO and China in the conflict, as well as the impact of sanctions.

Opinion – The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Between Solidarity and Whataboutism

Ikenna Steve Nweke • Mar 28 2022 • Articles

The attempt to employ whataboutisms in defence of Russia by citing intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya exposes the shallowness of such argumentation.

Opinion – Political Positionality and the War in the Ukraine

David Chandler • Mar 25 2022 • Articles

It would be nice to pretend that we still lived in a modernist world of meaningful choices, where taking sides was part of a broader grand narrative of struggle and progress.

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