Peace is an attractive, yet elusive, concept. It can mean different things to different people at different times. Ukraine is a case in point. The quest for peace could yield either of two fundamentally different …
The SS United States is the largest American ocean liner to be entirely built at home. To this day, it holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean, which it set on its 1952 …
North Korea is getting more out of its engagement in Russia’s war than Russia is getting from North Korea. The forces that Pyongyang has sent to fight Ukraine are poorly equipped and are not performing …
President Donald Trump has said he wants to end the fighting in Ukraine quickly. But it’s far from clear whether this is achievable, not least because the war in Ukraine has become a proxy for …
This essay examines the sources of Russian power and conduct from an historical, cultural and geopolitical perspective. It aims to help assessment of Russia’s future behaviour. My approach is based on the essay The Sources …