Vox reports that Putin’s proposed Christmas “cease fire” was a cynical propaganda exercise. Excerpt: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a 36-hour unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, timed for the Orthodox Christmas, a move that at least one...
A classic study of guerrilla warfare The New York Times reports that Ukraine is intensifying its use of guerrilla tactics. Excerpt: The saboteurs managed to place four explosives on a Russian freight train carrying diesel and jet fuel, roughly 3,000 miles from the...
The world’s newspaper of record, The New York Times, recently gave page one, above the fold prominence to a story headlined “Putin Quietly Signals He is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine.” Big news. Excerpt: Mr. Putin has been signaling through intermediaries since at...
ANATOL LIEVEN and ALEX LITTLE at Responsible Statecraft tell Ukraine to Win Like Finland did against Stalin. Excerpt: What could a peace treaty between Kyiv and Moscow look like? One historical instance stands out among many as a potential model for how the...
Public intellectual and wise observer Noah Smith, in his blog, sums up the state of the war. What a Pyrrhic victory it has been for Russia, what a magnificent achievement by Ukraine. Excerpt: Russia started this war with an attempt to capture the entire country of...
