What should be done to address Azerbaijan’s campaign of ethnic cleansing?
Azerbaijan has attacked the indigenous Armenian people in an area known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh, forcing them to flee from their ancestral homelands. Over hundred thousand have fled the region they know as Artsakh. Why has the international community...
Why Did Hamas Attack Israel, and Who Benefits from the Conflict?
Words by Stephen Hoadley Photo by Craig Manners on Unsplash What does Hamas hope to achieve by attacking Israel? Stephen Hoadley looks at which actors stand to gain most, and lose most, from the conflict. Hamas’ invasion of Israel is likely to be viewed with anger by...
How does it feel to be conscripted for a war you don’t support?
Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash Ksenia Babich A year ago today (21 September), the Russian authorities announced the start of “partial mobilisation” – calling up reserve soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. Not everyone liable for military...
What do Russians really think of the war?
Feature Photo by Random Institute on Unsplash Story by Jeremy Morris How has Russia changed, more than a year after its invasion of Ukraine? Has it become a fascist state with soldiers in the classroom, and people afraid to express the slightest doubts about the war?...
Who are you calling a Nazi?
By Maartje Abbenhuis & Sara Buttsworth While it is all too easy and comfortable to indulge in our Nazi fascination to demonise our enemies, maybe we should still the media chaos just for a moment and reflect. Who are you calling a Nazi? And why? From the very...
Is Russia’s invasion the end point for Putin’s kleptocracy?
By Mary Kaldor Putin is the product of a corrupt economic system that we must now reform, writes Mary Kaldor. In all the commentary on the war in Ukraine and the debates about whether the West bears any responsibility, very few people have referred to the social and...
What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for Europe and the world? 🔊
A land war has returned to Europe. This week, Russia attacked Ukraine. What are the causes of the conflict? What are the motivations of the actors? Could this war have been avoided? Doug Becker speaks with Anna Ohanyan, Robert English, and Serhiy Kudelia. Anna Ohanyan...
Has Putin won in the Ukraine?
By Steve Hoadley The recognition by President Putin of the Donetsk and Luhansk ‘Peoples Republics’ on 21 February is his latest initiative to expand Russia’s influence. Will he prevail? Will he pause or push further? History is rich with examples of ‘irredentism’,...
What are the reasons behind Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?
By Greg Yudin A view from Russia: no sanctions will stop Moscow, and its actions will drive more countries into NATO’s arms. In the near future, a big war will begin – a war that we have not seen in the lifetime of my generation, and perhaps the previous...Subscribe by Email
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