Adam L. Storring of War on the Rocks tells his readers that Ukraine’s predicament is in many ways similar to that of the German state of Prussia during the Seven Years’ War. In that conflict, Prussia not only survived a long struggle against much larger opponents but even ended up militarily on the front foot. […]
Finland – Russia Enemy Number One
Thomas Grove of The Wall Street Journal reports that from Russian military districts to cyberattacks, Finland is facing new threats from its neighbor; it’s ‘the new normal in living with Russia.’ Grove writes: Finland—Armed Finnish border guards on cross-country skis patrol the country’s eastern flank, NATO’s newest and longest border with its main adversary, Russia. […]
Ukraine Begging for Guns and Ammo
In Foreign Policy, Oz Katerji visits the front lines of the battle between Ukraine and Russia, where Ukrainian commanders tell him they have plenty of men but not enough guns and ammo. Katerji writes: I asked Vladislav if there was anything besides shells that he needed, and he stressed that the issue was not just […]
How Russian Disinformation Threatens Democracy
America Needs to Wise Up Ipsos is a multinational market research firm. The French firm, headquartered in Paris, recently conducted a poll in 16 countries that have elections this year. What the poll shows is the scope of the disinformation challenge: “Social media is the primary or secondary news source for 56% of those surveyed, […]
Sweden Preps Its Citizens for War
Eric Adamson and Jason Moyer of War on The Rocks report that Sweden is preparing its citizens for war. They write: “It’s time for action!” “There could be war in Sweden.” “Who are you if war comes?” These were the messages and no longer rhetorical questions that Sweden’s top political and military leadership shared at […]
Are NATO’s Norther Flank Defenses Lacking?
Liselotte Odgaard of Foreign Policy tells her readers that even with Finland and Sweden, the alliance lacks a capable defense presence in the north. She writes: Even as its members take part in Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, it is clear that the alliance remains ill-prepared against Russia’s military […]
What Would Kennan Say about Ukraine/Russia?
At LewRockwell.com, Taki Theodoracopulos remembers George Kennan’s view of Russian relations and how different they might be to the approach taken by the current administration in Washington, D.C. He writes: I’ve never had much use for diplomats, nor did my father, who called them gigolos and freeloaders living high on the hog off taxpayers like […]
Blindsiding Putin’s Vast Security State
Russia Was Warned: The Russian Security State employs almost one million policemen, 340,000 national guards, and over 100,000 spies. That “apparatus has proved ruthlessly efficient in terrorizing babushkas bringing flowers to Alexei Navalny’s grave, tracking down lone bloggers and persecuting homosexuals,” coitizes Owen Matthews in The Spectator: But as the Crocus attack demonstrated, the Kremlin’s securocrats […]
Russian Black Sea Fleet Decimated
David Axe of Forbes reports that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet could cease to function in two years amid drone and missile strikes. Urkaine has been hitting Russia’s fleet with drone boats as well as Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG cruise missiles, decimating their ships in the Black Sea. He writes: The Ukrainian missile raid on the […]
Is Putin as Bad as Stalin?
In Foreign Policy, Adrian Karatnycky, a senior fellow of the Atlantic Council and founder of the Myrmidon Group, compares Vladimir Putin to Joseph Stalin. He writes: In 1968, the American scholar Jerome M. Gilison described Soviet elections as a “psychological curiosity”—a ritualized, performative affirmation of the regime rather than a real vote in any sense […]
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