The Baltic States Are Also Worried About Russia
(Washington Post/Monkey Cage) A new survey shows what citizens think about NATO — and what they would do if attacked. Leaders in Finland and Sweden pushed ahead this week with plans to join the…
Posts by tag
Russia-Ukraine War
10 posts
Time to Question Russia’s Imperial Innocence
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) President Vladimir Putin has successfully mobilized a sense of militant patriotism in the Russian public to wage war in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s propaganda builds on seeing…
Similarities Stain the Kremlin’s Warfare on Chechens and Ukrainians
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The Russian war in Ukraine continues with daily news reports from besieged cities documenting humanitarian disasters, growing civilian casualties, and fleeing refugees. Many commentators have compared…
Rebuilding Ukraine: Pre-War Trends and Post-War Priorities Should Inform the Process
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) A massive national reconstruction effort for Ukraine, guided by that country’s government and popular will, must be launched even before Russian aggression is defeated. At this…
Manufacturing Support for War: Russia’s Preppers, Fellow Travelers, and Activist Networks
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The impact on Russia of its war against Ukraine is heavier than President Vladimir Putin anticipated, both in terms of military losses and economic isolation. The…
Vladimir Putin’s Casus Belli for Invading Ukraine
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Although the scale of the invasion caught many analysts by surprise,…
Creeping Finlandization or Prudent Foreign Policy? Georgia’s Strategic Challenges amid the Ukrainian Crisis
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will affect global security architecture for decades to come as Moscow continues to escalate the conflict. Meanwhile, countries…
Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Persons
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) There is a massive exodus of Ukrainian residents from the war-torn areas of the country. The focus is quite naturally on the number of Ukrainian refugees that…
President Putin’s Rationality and Escalation in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Prominent Western policy figures, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canada’s United Nations Ambassador Bob Rae, and retired U.S. National Security Advisor General H. R. McMaster,…
Dominating Ukraine’s Sky
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The demands to provide a no-fly zone (NFZ) over Ukraine will most probably not lead to its introduction. Yet, they need to continue as they might be…