The best explanation for Vladimir Putin’s intervention in Syria has been the improvement of the capabilities of the Russian armed forces, something he has succeeded in doing with each conflict he has dispatched them to, Israeli...
Recent days have featured a drumbeat of developments suggesting Russia is preparing for war: Moscow has boosted its military spending, Vladimir Putin has told businesses to go on a military footing, Patriarch Kirill has spoken about a...
Seventy-four years ago, on 6 November 1943, the Soviet army expelled the Nazi occupiers from Kyiv. Stalin ordered to seize the capital of Ukraine by the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik coup, 7 November. As the result, the losses of...
When the US does not want to draw closer to the world, the world draws closer to the US. This civilizational law cannot be abolished, even by the president of the USA. The new US president, Donald Trump, has accused senators John McCain...
Playing to his base, US President Donald Trump is seeking to impose restrictions on immigration and imports; but that will only accelerate the rise of robots, changing not only American society but betraying those who support him and...
Historically, wars were fought over territory; in the 20th century, they were mostly about resources; today, they are about brains, Ilya Varlamov argues, adding that Vladimir Putin doesn’t understand this, that he is fighting with...
Rumors and fears about the possibility of a third world war between Russia and the West have become so overwhelming that many have begun to forget that Vladimir Putin is still involved in an aggressive war in Ukraine and that it is far...
A year ago, many were thinking that Narva in Estonia might be the flashpoint that would ignite World War III, with some in the West asking whether they were prepared to die for Narva and others responding that if they weren’t, NATO...
In an address to the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn yesterday, Igor Smeshko pointed to one of the most dangerous asymmetries of the situation in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin, he said, cannot occupy Ukraine and subdue a partisan war, but the...
An overview of books and publications on alternative views of the military history of WWII 1939-1941. Possible applications and some similarities with the Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine and the EU’s response....
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
