by Larry Krieger | May 2, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
Why Ukraine Matters In his classic account of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, the Greek historian Thucydides wrote, “The strong do what they can and the week suffer what they must.” On January 1, 2022, Americans celebrated the beginning of a New Year....
by Larry Krieger | Apr 14, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
Why Can’t We Be Friends? “We really believed in our hearts” one of President Roosevelt’s advisors later recalled, “that this was the dawn of the new day we had been praying for and talking about for so many years.” As World War II ended, British Prime Minister Winston...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 12, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
Putin’s Plan B “The goon called in by Putin to flatten cities…He is the worse of the worst.” 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...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 9, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
What Is Inside Putin’s Head? “Once I spotted a huge rat and pursued it down the hall until I drove it into a corner. It had nowhere to run. Suddenly it lashed around and threw itself at me…Now the rat was chasing me.” On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 7, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
“Mr. Krieger, how will this end?” Both Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long, grinding war neither side can win. 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, I am used to giving my...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 6, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
A Generational Divide on Attitudes Toward Russia “At a sudden signal,” Jeff Greenfield remembered, “we would drop from our chairs, pull ourselves into a fetal position, and crouch under our desks, and wait until the A-Bomb had fallen.” In March 2022, YouGov asked a...
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