Ad-hoc responses to the situation in Ukraine don’t amount to a coherent vision.
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Gender plays a huge part in the experiences of displaced people.
Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
Some people think the decision to impose higher tariffs is just an excuse used by the EU to keep protecting its own farmers.
Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.
Russia’s armed forces continue to gain territory in Ukraine, at high cost to both sides.
Ukraine can borrow lessons from the First World War as the war with Russia enters its third year.
The toll of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on people’s wellbeing was felt worldwide. The effects were temporary for most. But those high on certain psychological traits struggled for longer.
Ukraine has fought off relentless waves of Russian attacks over the past two years, but if its Western support dries up, its resistance will be very hard to sustain.
Why is there such a Russian focus on the Second World War? Because it’s used to justify authoritarian states, the rule of dictators like Putin and Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko.
With the Ukraine-Russia war entering its third year, Ukraine’s supporters must provide the right aid to the country and domestic politics cannot undermine the urgent needs of the country’s military.
As war drags on, more Ukrainians say that they are prepared to negotiate – but the majority still reject any deal with Russia.
The International Olympic Committee has ruled politically-neutral individual athletes are eligible, but some nations aren’t happy about it.
Nearly 3,800 educational facilities have been damaged from bombing and shelling thus far in the war. Documenting these attacks requires extensive interviewing with reluctant, traumatised witnesses.
This would send the message the West’s much-vaunted values and respect for rules are little more than rhetoric. It will also legitimise conquest as an option that goes unpunished.
The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
Calling something a ‘tragedy’ serves to minimize human responsibility for its causes, which can be convenient for the people who are causing the ‘tragedy.’
The war in Ukraine is both a symptom and a cause of a paralysing crisis in the international system. It is up to the Global South to reform the multilateral system.
Ukraine is seeking compensation from Russia in the case, but the International Court of Justice needs to agree to hear it first.
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor in History, Western University
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Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
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Co-fundador do Instituto Latino-Americano para o Multilateralismo (ILAM) e pesquisador, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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