use of force

The Ukraine war, August 25, 2023: The decline of truth and respect for expertise–The foreign policy ignorance of the American electorate and its portents



Ukraine War, June 29, 2023: The Telegraph reports that the U.S. is close to approving long-range ATACMS rockets for HIMARS in Ukraine


Ukraine War, June 2, 2023: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in eloquent speech, rejects negotiations at this point, “territorial concessions”, and any ceasefire which would freeze the conflict


Ukraine War, May 30, 2023: Attacks on targets in Russia; U.K. breaks ranks with U.S.





Ukraine War, January 27, 2023: War in Ethiopia shows what’s at stake in Ukraine

Dispatches See, 1) José Naranjo (Dakar), “Etiopía, la guerra más mortal del siglo: 600.000 civiles muertos en dos años; Las estimaciones de las instituciones europeas…


Ukraine War, January 12, 2023: Putin restores old guard to command over Ukraine war

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Ukraine War, December 11, 2022: Military views on military situation; text of Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech by Oleksandra Matviichuk (with video)

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Ukraine War, December 10, 2022: Boris Johnson urges transfer of advanced weapons, greater military aid to Ukraine; Biden signals NATO that U.S. policy respecting Putin’s “red line” regarding attacks on targets in Russia will not change

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Ukraine War, December 7, 2022: Germany supports Ukrainian arracks on Russian territory

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Ukraine War, December 5, 2022: The face of appeasement–U.S. modified HIMARS artillery launchers so they couldn’t hit targets in Russia; How dare they? Ukraine attacks targets in Russia

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Ukraine War, November 26, 2022 (I): “Woke” trigger warnings, literature classics, and students’ responses to Russian military aggression and barbarism in Ukraine; Germany fails to ramp up war production, as have many NATO countries

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Ukraine War, November 15, 2022: Russian missiles hit Polish town; Putin tests NATO mutual defense obligation under Article 5 of NATO Treaty (Updated November 19, 2022)

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Ukraine War, November 6, 2022 (II): International Law and the structural impediments to a ceasefire or peace settlement in Ukraine

Analysis Most commentators, politicians, and even policymakers who urge a negotiated ceasefire or peace settlement in Ukraine tend to assume that achieving such a goal…


Ukraine War, October 28, 2022: Biden needs to speak to Putin in language he understands; Biden makes sure Ukraine fights with one hand tied behind its back

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