Tag: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

  • Is Salt Driving Russia’s Conquest of Bakhmut?

    Is Salt Driving Russia’s Conquest of Bakhmut?

    Grant W. Turner // In an expansionist empire that operates on corrupt networks of patronage, where internal stability and military power rely increasingly on domestic resources, acquiring a supply of salt closer to Russia’s industrial heart is undeniably in the interests of Putin’s regime and those who keep him in power. 

  • The Russian Withdrawal of Kherson: Liberation or Trap?

    The Russian Withdrawal of Kherson: Liberation or Trap?

    Grant W. Turner // What explains the Russian evacuation from Kherson? One possibility: Russian soldiers are waiting in Kherson City and elsewhere in the pocket pretending to be the now largely evacuated civilians so that when the Ukrainians approach, there appears to be widespread civilian resistance in favor of Russian annexation.

  • The United States’ Counter-Productive Foreign Policy in Ukraine

    The United States’ Counter-Productive Foreign Policy in Ukraine

    By Johnny B. Davis // The United States needs a strategic reevaluation of its Russia policy. Russia is wrong to engage in war aggression against Ukraine. Still, the United States and Russia’s interests do not conflict. Ukraine is an issue between the European Union and Russia.