The Institute for the Study of War analyzes Putin’s propaganda moves designed to fake the West into believing they are winning their invasion of Ukraine. Excerpt: Russian forces are conducting a new cognitive warfare campaign through limited cross-border...
Peter Zeihan provides unflinching insights on why Trump’s special envoy Witkoff is not and will not bring about a “peace” (end to the Russian invasion) deal. Excerpt: Ukraine and Russia peace talks are proceeding furiously, but going nowhere,...
Al Jazeera reports: Ukrainian military successes and Russian narratives clashed this week, as Moscow’s assertion of inevitable victory flew in the face of facts on the ground. Ukraine steadily took back control of almost all of its northern city of Kupiansk...
Niall Ferguson, at Time, provides a magisterial assessment of the likely end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath. … How many concessions should Ukraine have to make to secure an end to the hostilities? And what will it take to persuade Putin...
John T Psaropoulos at Al Jazeera calls out Putin’s increasing belligerence: Russia this week rejected the latest United States peace proposal for Ukraine and declared victory in battles over key Ukrainian cities – claims Ukraine has dismissed as propaganda....
