What The Ukraine War Teaches Us About Military Power and Economics
Acting tough doesn’t make you strong, even militarily.
Acting tough doesn’t make you strong, even militarily.
After 10 months of Russian destruction, Ukraine’s economy shrank by 30 percent. But companies have packed up and moved, switched products and found support abroad.
Many analysts and diplomats have suggested there could be a pause in major combat, and even peace talks, over the winter, but after pushing the Russians out of Kherson, Ukraine…
Both sides are expected to pause operations. But heavy snows and freezing temperatures could make it difficult for the poorly equipped Russian army to regroup.
Big decisions in Moscow are Vladimir Putin’s to make, but the Kremlin and state media are distancing him from the setback in Kherson and downplaying its seriousness.
President Biden and European leaders say they cannot push Ukraine and Russia into negotiations, though some U.S. lawmakers are questioning aid for an open-ended war.
Inflation and anxiety over nuclear weapons may be eating into some popular support for the war, but key governments remain insulated from the pressures for now.
A climate of conformity is taking over in the capital.
Two men displaced from Syria as civil war gripped their country spent a decade living in limbo in Ukraine. But when war came to them again, they were forced to…