“This war needs to be won within 12 months,” says Ferguson
A Republican presidential win in 2024 could give Putin an “out of jail free card,” the renowned historian warned, citing the risk of waning US support
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Cold War I (1948-1991)
America’s proxy war? No, Ukraine’s liberation war
The United States is no doubt a major player in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Without Washington’s financial and military…
Baltic-Russian borders today: A reversal of fortune from the First Cold War
Now, once again, barriers are going up between East and West not everywhere but where they are it…
Churchill’s diagnosis of Stalin’s Russia remains true for Putin’s, Bezsmertnyi says
Seventy-three years ago, Winston Churchill gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, which is now remembered…
That time when the Soviet Union tried to join NATO in 1954
More than a half-century ago, the USSR attempted to apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.…
Putin needs a new cold war to stave off the end of the empire, just like Soviet leaders, Karelian says
The Soviet leaders in the 1940s initiated the first cold war to delay the disintegration of their empire;…
Kasparov on the breakup of Russia, invasion of Baltics and end of Putin’s regime
Only if he is facing the complete collapse of his regime, Garry Kasparov says, will Putin consider invading…
Russia – in ‘a state of war for survival with the US,’ says RT commentator close to Kremlin
Rostislav Ishchenko, a commentator for RT (formerly Russia Today), who gained notoriety for arguing that Moscow should “preventively occupy”…
The Munk Debate: The West vs. Russia
Do Putin’s actions demand the levying of punishing economic sanctions, its isolation in global fora, and arming the…
Why the war in Ukraine is not a Cold War
The western world will soon witness a further escalation of Russia’s crusade with the western world. The Ukrainian…