Rather than succumb to hubris, the West needs to better articulate its own anti-colonial agenda in both rhetoric and actions.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s denunciations of Russia as a “terrorist state” is not categorically helpful.
President Zelenskyy visited Washington with the confidence of a wartime leader who knows where his country is headed and what tools are required in order to get there.
Russia seeks to depopulate and destroy the entity that since 1991 has existed as the independent Ukrainian state. Only deeply flawed narratives can describe this situation otherwise.
The impact of the war on Russia-Africa relations will depend on how the eventual end of the war affects the distribution of power in the global system.
In Putin’s case, his identity, personality, and desire to leave a legacy, coupled with other factors, make him more susceptible to using nuclear weapons.
The greatest challenge for the Republicans is ensuring that their leadership lives up to Zelenskyy’s perception of them as the inheritors of a Reagan-esque tradition.
EU Member States should ensure that mandatory due diligence legislation is effective in those areas of the world where the risks of human rights violations are most severe.
In the context of the war in Ukraine, the world may be entering a more dangerous phase where the use of nuclear weapons, however localised and limited, emerges as an option.
It is helpful to consider the influence of a quasi-religious worldview with regard to the conflict and the role of Putin.
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