Manara Magazine published my (somewhat more optimistic than the usual) piece on Iraq yesterday. This was my first exposure to…
- Reuters says Putin rejected a pre-invasion deal to keep Ukraine out of NATO. -US says Russia gave at least…
Busy week, sorry about the delays. - NYT has background on the Ukraine offensive. - Pro war Russians are angry,…
If the model of post-Milosević Serbia applied to post-war Germany, it would mean having Joseph Goebbels as West Germany’s chancellor…
In remembrance... - The Hill notes how Biden is reshaping war on terror. - NYT says pro-war Russian bloggers are…
What then? Tactical success guarantees nothing. Strategic failure has consequences.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1500590106763304966 I like Josh Rogin's phrase that Putin is building an "axis of autocrats." - WSJ reports on the Ukrainian…
- CIA director calls Russian invasion of Ukraine a failure.- - Fred Kaplan says not to worry about latest Putin…
@IAPonomarenko tweets: This is incredible, folks. Balakliya has been retaken. I think the next main goal is Kupyansk — the…
- NYT notes shock waves to global economy. - A former student who is a China watcher recommends this article…