Trump vs. Zelenskyy: Popping the Proxy War
History will likely look back on the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war and note that it was the beginning of the end in...
Does America Want Putin Dead? Russia and the Reverse Pygmalion Effect
In a word, yes. In two words, hell yes.
Please note this is not going to be a commentary trying to be scandalous, libelous, or...
Gorbachev: Death of an “American” Hero
On Tuesday, August 30th, Mikhail Gorbachev quietly passed away at the august age of 91. His death marks the end of a curious and...
How to Publish Great Analytical Commentaries: Or, how Gene Kelly saved my writing
As someone who has now spent two decades bridging the two worlds of academia and professional practice, I am often in a position to...
Peace and Punishment: “Saving” Ukraine or Embarrassing Putin?
As we near 100 days of the special military operation in Ukraine it would be good to take a strategic-analytical step back and see...
America’s Lost Generation: The Need For Iconoclasm In Russian Studies
2022 is starting to look, sound, and feel an awful lot like 1962. If one wonders how 60 years could go by with so...
Russian Security Cannot be Anti-Russian
Authors: Matthew Crosston and Evgeny Pashentsev
We propose the term "cold hot war" to denote the period in which the world now finds itself and...
Ukraine as Swiss Mongolia: Neutrality as an End to War
Even without downplaying the shock and disappointment most felt when Russia invaded Ukraine, it is perhaps more disheartening how many astute and highly-respected analysts/academics...
Why America Still Gets Russia Wrong: Self-Inflicted PSYOPS and Redundant Red Lines
The news covering the Ukraine conflict causes many to pause and wonder if the world is on the verge of a new world war....
NATO’s Projectile Dysfunction: Deterring Russia and Ukrainian Bluffs
The shrill lamentations over Ukraine are reaching fever pitch here in the United States:
The New York Times discusses how Ukrainian commanders say a Russian...