The more doubt there is that the US will support Ukraine, the better the future trajectory of the war is from the Russian perspective.
Laryš’s analysis of Russia’s proxy war in Donbas is rich in theory and detail, though occasionally weighed down by dense structure and unclear chronology.
Trump’s wilful ignorance and urgency for peace may achieve little in terms of a lasting solution but risks leaving a legacy of unresolved tensions.
The defence of Ukraine must be decoupled from abstract idealism and reframed as a test case for the viability of international law.
Whoever believes that Ukraine is where the Kremlin’s geopolitical and territorial ambitions end has little understanding of Russian foreign policy.
For Europe, the real test lies not only in how the war ends, but in what kind of order emerges after it.
The two books in this feature evaluate the drivers of the Russia-Ukraine war, whilst differing on the significance of history for contemporary analyses of the war.
With the right approach, Ukraine could transform itself into a key player of the European gas market.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has firmly discredited the Russian historical narrative, which threatens Latvia’s national unity.
McGlynn’s timely book expertly unpacks Putin’s use of history to shape narratives but offers limited post-2022 analysis and only briefly explores global parallels.
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