Vladimir Putin's annexation plan is indefensible on both legal and moral grounds. Some of the reasons why have broader implications for normative theories of secession and self-determination.
Author Ward Wilson advocates eliminating nuclear weapons. Defense consultant Peter Huessy says that's unrealistic.
It's the economics of energy production that make petrostates more trigger-happy, Emma Ashford argues in Oil, the State, and War.
It should also lead Western nations to grant asylum to Russian soldiers who surrender or desert, and those who evade the military draft.
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Government officials broke the world, and we’re all paying the price.
So far, U.S. support for Ukraine hasn’t had any consequences for us. We shouldn’t expect it to always be that way.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russians should "live in their own world until they change their philosophy." But keeping Russians isolated plays into Putin's hands.
"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."
Biden brought an unwinnable war to an end. But the lessons learned are only as valuable as the U.S. government’s willingness to put them to good use.
One year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of Afghans who assisted American forces are still stuck under Taliban rule.
But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
As appalling as the Russian foreign minister’s admission is, it does not change the reasons to avoid a war with Moscow.
The last thing the U.S. should be doing is poking a nuclear bear.
The Biden administration is reportedly considering a security agreement that would further intertwine the U.S. with an authoritarian, untrustworthy regime.
"If government is big enough to give you anything, it's big enough to take everything away from you."
He claims he'll be "the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there." But that's not true.
Ukrainians aren't giving up, but some international supporters are growing pessimistic.
Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in weapons aid for Ukraine following last week's news that CIA personnel are directing intelligence in Kyiv.
But despotic brutality is once again pushing millions to the brink of starvation.
New SIGAR findings shine a light on America’s dysfunctional efforts to train the Afghan National Police, which “actually contributed to increasing criminality” in Afghanistan.
Early and unrealistic hopes for a quick victory by Ukraine's forces over invading Russian troops have faded as the reality of an extended conflict sets in.
In just over a month, the Uniting for Ukraine private sponsorship program has attracted huge support.
Presidents once treated congressional authorization as a requirement for the U.S. to enter conflicts. What went wrong?
It signals that many in Congress still condemn America's role in the war and actions from the president that lack proper authorization.
Lockdowns, trade disputes, and warfare make the next meal once again a matter of concern.
There’s no endpoint in sight to a war that threatens widespread consequences.
International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government service.
Like AUMFs before it, Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s proposed authorization would lead to less transparency in conflicts and more unilateral decision making.
Instituting a "no-fly" zone would be the U.S. "essentially going to war with Russia."
Russia’s threats to reach into Transnistria could be a cheap distraction or an expansion of the conflict.
Mourn the end of a too-brief interlude of relative peace and prosperity.
This war, like all wars, will invigorate the state and be deadly to liberty.
But politicians like Sen. Chris Coons are still flirting with the idea of direct American military intervention.
Which boycotts, cancellations, and sanctions are defensible and well-targeted against the state actors who are responsible for the attack on Ukraine?
Putin and other Russian leaders are likely guilty of massive war crimes. And there is real, though limited, value to pursuing the issue.
Every fried Russian tank and dead soldier drives home the point that superpowers can no longer dominate simply because they have more troops and weapons.
Officials must ensure that America's lethargic refugee processing and lengthy family-based visa backlogs can effectively handle the people they seek to help.
The president is running from his own hefty contributions to record gas prices and inflation.
And it will only drive people further into the arms of President Vladimir Putin.
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
Spanning many professions and political affiliations, the signatories to a new letter agree that a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine would be a mistake.
The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra scrubbed the famed composer from an upcoming program, calling his music "inappropriate at this time."
Among his other crimes, Putin’s war increases the suffering of the world’s poor and hungry.
Three members of one family on why they are staying in Ukraine as Russia invades
Private actors often provide more efficient and localized help in times of need, and they’re doing so in full force right now.
