Chris Snow, at Medium, reflects on the past and future coming apart of Russia. Excerpt: The darkest scenario for such a collapse would be a “Yugoslavia on steroids” 1917 style civil war, which includes the risk of nuclear war Russia follows an imperialist cycle,...
Will Lockett, writing at Medium, assesses Putin’s use of a hypersonic missile, shot down by Ukrainian defense forces, to be a tactical blunder showing that Russia is running desperately low on ordnance. Advantage, Ukraine! While Russia is armed to the teeth...
Nadin Brzenzinsky at Medium, observes “signals that instability in the Kremlin is increasing.” The Kremlin continues to avoid adopting overtly repressive measures likely out of concern for the stability of Putin’s regime. The Russian government withdrew a...
Bret Stephens, in the New York Times, exposes the abhorrent opposition by some reactionaries masquerading as “conservatives” to the morally imperative defense of Ukraine from heinous Russian brutality. Excerpt: One of the stranger features of the politics...
Timothy Snyder, at Substack, brings light to the deep, dignified and fascinating roots of Ukrainian political culture and history. Excerpt here, Ottomans, Poles and Russians: For me personally, this is one of the most important lectures. In space, modern Ukraine...
