Category Archives: Ukraine

Rand’s latest Ukraine assessment assessed

Helena · 3:22 pm · 01/31/2023 · Current Affairs, U.S. policy, U.S. thinktanks, Ukraine

On January 25, the Rand Corporation issued a short-ish study of the conflict in Ukraine, titled “Avoiding a Long War: U.S. Policy and the Trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict.” The Rand Corporation was initially founded as a think-tank that would provide “Research & Development” (R-and-D) advice to the U.S. military and it still remains strongly, … Continue reading Rand’s latest Ukraine assessment assessed →

Thoughts for Armistice Day 2022

Helena · 4:08 pm · 11/06/2022 · Global balance, Role of the West, U.S. history, Ukraine

The Washington Post reports variously today that the U.S. government is either “privately encouraging” or more actively “pushing” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reconsider his stance against negotiating with Russia so long as Vladimir Putin remains President. The more deeply reported of those accounts, the “privately encouraging” one, is sourced to “people close to the … Continue reading Thoughts for Armistice Day 2022 →