Ukraine Blog
Developments and Insights into the Ukrainian-Russian Crisis
WHY UKRAINE MATTERS
On January 1, 2022, Americans celebrated the beginning of a New Year. Many enjoyed watching New Year’s Day parades and watching college football games.
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World War I and World War III
On June 28, 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia began a goodwill visit to Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province...
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Last Stands at Thermopylae, the Alamo, and the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol
What do the battles at Thermopylae in 480 B.C., the Alamo in 1836, and the ongoing battle at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have...
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“So a fly Cannot Get Through”
Can a leader’s unexpected demonstration of courage and conviction change history? It happened in A.D. 452 when Leo the Great the Bishop of Rome met...
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Why Can’t We Be Friends?
As World War II ended, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill looked to what he optimistically hoped would be “the broad sunlight of victorious peace.” For...
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Putin’s Plan B
Putin’s Plan A called for the quick capture of Kyiv and the decapitation of the Ukrainian government. Ukraine’s heroic defenders combined with Volodymyr Zelensky’s inspired...
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What Is Inside Putin’s Head?
Putin was born in 1952 in Leningrad. His parents barely survived the brutal Nazi siege of the city. The Putin family lived in a small...
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“Mr. Krieger, how will this end?”
We are now 6 weeks into Putin’s war in Ukraine. My students ask me each day,”Mr. Krieger how will this end?” As a textbook author,...
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A Generational Divide on Attitudes Toward Russia
In March 2022, YouGov asked a representative sample of Americans aged 65 and over and those 18 to 29 to express their views on these...
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Horror in Bucha
On February 23, 2022, Bucha was a peaceful town located about 23 miles northwest of Kyiv. But life irrevocably changed for its 35,000 residents when...
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The Battle for People’s Minds in Russia
How would you respond if you received a phone call from a public opinion agency asking for your response to these two questions: “Do you...
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Hitler, Putin, and Appeasement
Hitler was a ruthless and amoral dictator. But he was also shrewd and calculating. In 1938, Hitler cast covetous eyes on the Sudetenland, a German-speaking...
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Should NATO Intervene in the Ukraine War?
The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II as the world’s foremost military powers. Acutely aware of America’s military strength, Soviet...
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Khrushchev, Putin, and Political Survival
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has cast a dark shadow across Europe. On Saturday March 26, 2022 President Biden delivered a speech in Warsaw, Poland...
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The Economic Front
The Ukraine Crisis has now evolved into a three-front war that simultaneously includes a military conflict in Ukraine, a growing refugee crisis in neighboring countries,...
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The Refugee Crisis
The Ukrainian crisis has now evolved into a three-front war that simultaneously includes the military battles inside Ukraine, a growing refugee crisis in neighboring countries,...
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The Military Front
The Ukrainian crisis has now evolved into a three-front war that simultaneously includes military battles in Ukraine, a refugee crisis in Poland, and the crippling...
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Developments in Brussels and Ukraine
NATO leaders conducted an unprecedented emergency summit meeting on the one-month anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. After meeting with NATO leaders, President Biden...
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Why Putin Must Fail and Ukraine Must Win
The United States became the leader of the Free World during World War II. America led a successful allied coalition that crushed fascism. In the...
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Questions and Red Lines
The four week old war in Ukraine is reaching a critical turning point. Fierce Ukrainian resistance has stalled the Russian war machine’s advance thus ending...
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