We at War on the Rocks have curated this list of articles and podcasts to help you gain a deeper understanding of the history, drivers, background, and events of Russia’s massive assault on Ukraine˳ Whether you are a soldier or a student, a policymaker or a pundit, a teacher or a techie, this will be useful for you˳
Critically, these offerings help place the conflict in the broader context of relations and confrontations between Russia and the West˳ These resources go back to 2014 and are organized by focus: strategy and the military balance, diplomacy, history, resistance, nuclear weapons and arms control, cyber, energy, Russian politics, and more˳ This list will be updated regularly˳
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Strategy and the Military Balance
“Russia’s Winter Offensive,” with Ryan Evans and Michael Kofman (02/2023)
“America’s Hidden Tool is Hobbling Russia’s War Machine with Multilateral Impact,” by Deputy Secretary Don Graves (02/2023)
“Unfolding Offensives and Counter-Offensives in Ukraine,” with Ryan Evans and Michael Kofman (02/2023)
“Learning Lessons from Ukraine: Is Defense Dominant?,” with Melanie Marlowe, Zack Cooper, and Christopher Preble (02/2023)
“One Year of War in Ukraine,” with Melanie Marlowe, Zack Cooper, and Christopher Preble (02/2023)
“A Disquieting Winter War in Ukraine,” with Ryan Evans and Michael Kofman (01/2023)
“Ukraine and the New Two War Construct,” by Raphael Cohen (01/2023)
“The History of Russia’s Military Reforms, Part II,” with Michael Kofman and Aaron Stein (02/2023)
“The History of Russia’s Military Reforms, Part I,” with Michael Kofman and Aaron Stein (01/2023)
“Manpower, Materiel, and the Coming Decisive Phase in Ukraine,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (01/2023)
“Where Russia’s War in Ukraine is Going, Part II,” with Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot (01/2023)
“Where Russia’s War in Ukraine is Going, Part I,” with Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot (01/2023)
“Nukes, Negotiations, and Lessons From the War in Ukraine,” with Ryan Evans, Andy Akin, Anna Batta, and Mark Conversino (12/2022)
“Winter and Beyond: An Inflection Point in the War Over Ukraine,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (12/2022)
“Ukraine and the Future of Offensive Maneuver,” by Stephen Biddle (12/2022)
“Ukraine Needs Air Defense Assistance to Protect Hard-Won Victories on the Ground,” by Justin Bronk (11/2022)
“A Conversation with Ukraine’s Special Operations Commander,” with Ryan Evans and Brig˳ Gen˳ Viktor Khorenko (11/2022)
“Suspended Inspections and the Future of U˳S˳-Russian Arms Control,” with Andrey Baklitskiy (12/2022)
“Russian Nuclear Weapons Strategy,” with Aaron Stein and Michael Kofman, (12/2022)
“Russia at War: A Historical Perspective,” with Michael Kofman and Sergey Radchenko (12/2022)
“The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Part I,” with Michael Kofman and Stephen Kotkin (12/2022)
“The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Part II,” with Michael Kofman and Stephen Kotkin (12/2022)
“Relative Dominance: Russian Naval Power in the Black Sea,” by Daniel Fiott (11/2022)
“Revisiting Russian Air Performance in Ukraine, Part II,” with Michael Kofman, Justin Bronk and Jack Watling (11/2022)
“Revisiting Russian Air Performance in Ukraine,” with Michael Kofman, Justin Bronk and Jack Watling (11/2022)
“The Threat from Belarus,” with Michael Kofman and Konrad Muzyka (11/2022)
“The Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet,” with Michael Kofman and Doyle Hodges (11/2022)
“The Russia Contingency, Episode 1,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (11/2022)
“Southward and Eastward Pressure on Russian Forces,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (10/2022)
“Russia’s Partial Military Mobilization,” with Andrew Weiss (9/2020)
“Military Lessons from the War in Ukraine,” with Melanie Marlowe, Christopher Preble, and Zack Cooper (9/2022)
“The Kremlin in Command, Part I: The Chechen Wars and Georgia,” with Lawrence Freedman and Michael Kofman (9/2022)
“The Kremlin in Command, Part II: Syria and the First Assault on Ukraine,” with Lawrence Freedman and Michael Kofman (9/2022)
“Russia’s Plan to Stay in the War,” with Michael Kofman (9/2022)
“Ukraine’s Kharkhiv Operation and the Russian Military’s Black Week,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (9/2022)
“Into the Breach: Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive Begins,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (9/2022)
“Awaiting a Ukrainian Counter-Offensive,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (8/2022)
“Amateur Hour Part II: Failing the Air Campaign,” by Mike Pietrucha (8/2022)
“Great Expectations? The Next Phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (8/2022)
“An Alternative History of AirLand Battle, Part II,” by David Johnson and Zach Alessi-Friedlander (8/2022)
“An Alternative History of AirLand Battle, Part I,” by David Johnson and Zach Alessi-Friedlander (8/2022)
“Ukraine’s Window of Opportunity?” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (7/2022)
“Is the Most Important Battle of the War Coming?” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (7/2022)
“A Modern-Day Frederick the Great? The End of Short, Sharp Wars,” by David Johnson (7/2022)
“Ukraine and Russia Grapple with Relentless Battle and Attrition,” with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (6/2022)
“The Other Big Lessons That the U˳S˳ Army Should Learn from Ukraine,” by David Barno and Nora Bensahel (6/2022)
“To Robot or Not to Robot? Past Analysis of Russian Military Robotics and Today’s War in Ukraine,” by Samuel Bendett (6/2022)
“Strange Debacle: Misadventures in Assessing Russian Military Power,” by Christopher Dougherty (6/2022)
“The Most Dangerous Phase for Ukraine?” War on the Rocks with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (6/2022)
“In Denial About Denial: Why Ukraine’s Air Success Should Worry the West,” by Maximilan K˳ Bremer and Kelly A˳ Grieco (6/2022)
“Not Built for Purpose: The Russian Military’s Ill-Fated Force Design,” by Michael Kofman and Rob Lee (6/2022)
“Would We Do Better? Hubris and Validation in Ukraine,” by David Johnson (5/2022)
“What the Experts Got Right (and Wrong) About Russian Military Power,” War on the Rocks with Christopher Dougherty, Gian Gentile, Michael Kofman, Dara Massicot, and Ryan Evans (5/2022)
“The Battlefields of the Donbass and Beyond,” War on the Rocks with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (5/2022)
“The Dubious Prospect of Cargo-Delivery Drones in Ukraine,” by Mark Jacobsen (5/2022)
“Counter-Attacks and Can-Kicking in the Russo-Ukrainian War,” War on the Rocks with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (5/2022)
“Start with the Political: Explaining Russian’s Bungled Invasion of Ukraine,” by Jeffrey Edmonds (4/2022)
“Ukraine’s Military Advantage and Russia’s Stark Choices,” War on the Rocks with Michael Kofman and Ryan Evans (4/2022)
“Loitering Munitions in Ukraine and Beyond,” by Brennan Deveraux (4/2022)
“The Russo-Ukrainian War at Sea: Retrospect and Prospect,” by B˳J˳ Armstrong (4/2022)
“What Artillery and Air Defense Does Ukraine Need Now?” by Michael Jacobson (4/2022)
“What the Sinking of the Moskva Means,” with Dmitry Gorenburg (4/2022)
“Supporting Ukraine for the Long War,” by Jack Watling (4/2022)
“Russia Downscales Its War, But Not in Brutality,” with Ryan Evans and Michael Kofman (4/2022)
“The Army, the Government, and the People in the Russo-Ukrainian War,” with Michael Kofman, Mark Pomar, Alexandra Sukalo, and Doyle Hodges (4/2022)
“Russian Losses in Ukraine Highlight Manpower Problem,” with Aaron Stein and Michael Kofman (4/2022)
“A Proxy War in Ukraine Is the Worst Possible Outcome — Except For All the Others,” by Sam Winter-Levy (3/2022)
“A New Phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War Begins,” with Michael Kofman (3/2022)
“Will Russia Create New ‘People’s Republics’ in Ukraine?” by Andrew Lohsen (3/2022)
“Russia’s Air War in Ukraine,” with Justin Bronk (3/2022)
“Russia’s War in Ukraine: How Does this End?” with Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlowe, and Christopher Preble (3/2022)
“In the Fourth Week, Is Russia Revising its War Aims Amidst Attrition?” with Michael Kofman (3/2022)
“Putin’s Folly: The Case of an Inept Strategist,” by Joshua Rovner (3/2022)
“Into the Third Week: Will Russian Forces Need to Pause?” with Michael Kofman (3/2022)
“11 Days In: Russia’s Invasion Stumbles Forward,” with Michael Kofman (3/2022)
“What We’ve Learned (So Far) About the Russian Military,” with Dmitry Gorenburg (3/2022)
“Making the Most of Foreign Volunteers in Ukraine,” by Austin Doctor (3/2022)
“The Dangerous Allure of the No-Fly Zone,” by Mike Pietrucha and Mike Benitez (3/2022)
“Ukraine and a Guide to Avoiding World War III,” by Aaron Stein (3/2022)
“The Wargame Before the War: Russia Attacks Ukraine,” by Jim Lacey, Tim Barrick, and Nathan Barrick (3/2022)
“Putin Loses No Matter How This Plays Out, But We Might Too,” by Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer
“Russian Air Force On the Sidelines for Now,” with Justin Bronk
“Interpreting the First Few Days of the Russo-Ukrainian War,” War on the Rocks podcast with Michael Kofman (2/2022)
“The Russo-Ukrainian War Begins” with Michael Kofman (2/2022)
“Moscow Musings on Brinksmanship from Stalin to Putin,” by Sergey Radchenko (2/2022)
“Russia Recognizes Breakaway Territories in Eastern Ukraine,” with Emma Ashford (2/2022)
“Passports as Pretext: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Start,” by Fabian Burkhardt (2/2022)
“Sources of U˳S˳-Russian Competition,” with Stephanie Pezard (2/2022)
“Putin’s Wager in Russia’s Standoff with the West,” by Michael Kofman (1/2022)
“Countering Hybrid Warfare: Mapping Social Contracts to Reinforce Societal Resiliency in Estonia and Beyond,” by Salamah Magnuson, Morgan Keay, Kimberly Metcalf (Texas National Security Review, 1/2022)
“What Should NATO Do if Russia Invades Ukraine?” with Lt˳ Gen˳ (ret˳) Ben Hodges (1/2022)
“What Is Russia’s Logic for the Current Crisis?” by Maxim A˳ Suchkov (1/2022) Note: a perspective from Moscow˳
“Inching Toward War in Europe,” Horns of a Dilemma with Mary Sarotte (1/2022)
“A Heavy Price to Pay?” Net Assessment with Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlowe, and Christopher Preble (1/2021)
“Strategic Ambiguity and the Risk of War with Russia Over Ukraine,” by Ralph Clem and Ray Finch (12/2021)
“Dangerous Russia-Ukraine Crisis Continues,” with Michael Kofman (12/2021)
“Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the Fait Accompli,” by Alex Vershinin (11/2021)
“Salami Tactics: Faits Accomplis and International Expansion in the Shadow of Major War,” by Richard W˳ Maas (Texas National Security Review, 11/2021)
“New Russian Build-Up on Ukrainian Border,” with Michael Kofman (11/2021)
“Immediate Russia-Ukraine Crisis Seems Over…For Now,” with Michael Kofman (4/2021)
“Russia and the West on the Brink,” with Michael Kofman (4/2021)
“Russia’s Military Build-Up Around Ukraine Continues,” with Michael Kofman (4/2021)
“Russia Deploys Military to Ukrainian Border,” with Michael Kofman (4/2021)
“The Moscow School of Hard Knocks: Key Pillars of Russian Strategy,” by Michael Kofman (11/2019)
“It’s Time to Talk About A2/AD: Rethinking the Russian Military Challenge,” by Michael Kofman (9/2019)
“How the Big Bear Used Hybrid Warfare in its Backyard,” Horns of a Dilemma with Liam Collins (5/2019)
“Raiding and International Brigandry: Russia’s Strategy for Great Power Competition,” by Michael Kofman (6/2018)
“Russian Hybrid War As a Byproduct of a Hybrid State,” by Mark Galeotti (12/2016)
“Ukraine and the Art of Crisis Management” by Lawrence Freedman (4/2015)
“Ukraine and the Art of Limited War,” by Lawrence Freedman (10/2014)
“Ukraine and the Art of Exhaustion,” by Lawrence Freedman (8/2015)
“Russia and Ukraine: Not the Military Balance You Think,” by Dmitry Gorenburg (11/2014)
Resistance
“Roots of the Resistance: Understanding National Identity in Ukraine,” by Aaron Erlich (4/2022)
“Of Roadside Bombs and Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem,” by Scott Sweetow (4/2022)
“U˳S˳ Public Perceptions of the Russian-Ukrainian War,” with Dina Smeltz (3/2022)
“Oft Forgotten But Critical Elements of Ukrainian Resistance,” by Walter Haynes (3/2022)
“Lessons from Finland for Ukraine and Its Foreign Legion,” by Elizabeth M˳F˳ Grasmeder (3/2022)
“Can Ukrainian Resistance Foil a Russian Victory?” by Brian Petit (2/2022)
“The Changing Face of Russian Counter-Irregular Warfare,” by Benjamin Arbitter and Kurt Carlson (12/2021)
Diplomacy and Sanctions
“U˳S˳-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse,” by Hanna Notte (02/2023)
“The Enduring Russian Impediment to U˳S˳-Indian Relations,” by Erin Mello (02/2023)
“Mercenary Shocks: What the War in Ukraine Will Eventually Mean for Africa,” by Raphael Parens (02/2023)
“American Defense Priorities After Ukraine,” by Frank Hoffman (01/2023)
“Learning to Train: What Washington and Taipei Can Learn from Security Cooperation in Ukraine and the Baltic States,” by Jerad Harper and Michael A˳ Hunzeker (01/2023)
“German Policy Towards Ukraine,” with Sophia Besch (01/2023)
“Turkey’s Russian Red Light in Syria,” by Sam Heller (12/2022)
“Don’t Expect Any More Russian Help on the Iran Nuclear Deal,” by Hanna Notte (11/2022)
“Indian-Russian Relations and What it Means for the United States,” with Dr˳ Sharinee Jagtiani (11/2022)
“Russia and the Black Sea Grain Deal,” with Ayla Jean Yackley (11/2022)
“Winter in Europe: Surveying the Continent,” with Ian Lesser (10/2022)
“Winter in Europe: Political Divisions and the Periphery (Episode 2),” with Erika Solomon (10/2022)
“When You Wish Upon a Tsar,” with Daniel Fata (9/2022)
“What Does the Weaponization of Global Finance Mean for U˳S˳ Dollar Dominance?” by Elliot Hentov, Ramu Thiagarajan, and Aaron Hurd (9/2022)
“Political Change in Sweden,” with Paul Levin (9/2022)
“Strengthening the Black Sea Grain Agreement Short of War,” by Michael Petersen and James G˳ Foggo III (8/2022)
“The Sword, the Shield, and the Hedgehog: Strengthening Deterrence in NATO’s New Strategic Concept,” by Sean Monaghan (8/2022)
“Before Deploying More U˳S˳ Forces to Europe, Consider the Consequences,” by Alexander Sorg and Julian Wucherpfennig (8/2022)
“Breadbasket Diplomacy: Preserving Wheat as a Tool of American Statecraft,” by Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Justin Gilpin (8/2022)
“The United Nations Hasn’t Been Useless on Ukraine,” by Richard Gowan (7/2022)
“Ukrainian Grain Exports,” with Laura Pitel (7/2022)
“Russia in Default,” with Chris Miller (6/2022)
“Don’t Let Russia Dominate the Strategic Concept,” by Jordan Becker, Douglas Lute, and Simon Smith (6/2022)
“Can Diplomacy End the Russo-Ukrainian War?” with Oleg Ignatov (6/2022)
“The Next Phase of Oil Embargoes,” with Emily Holland (6/2022)
“Sanctioned Behavior,” Horns of a Dilemma with Erik Sand (6/2022)
“War Crime and Punishment,” Horns of a Dilemma with Derek Jinks (5/2022)
“The Moldovan Dimension,” with Stanislav Secrieru (5/2022)
“From Iraq to Ukraine: A New Perspective on the Russian-Western Confrontation,” by Samuel Helfont (5/2022)
“Solidarity with Ukraine,” with Lech Walesa (5/2022)
“To Really Hurt Russia’s Economy, Target Investment and Human Capital, Not Gas,” by Seth Benzell (5/2022)
“Is Hungary Ukraine’s Biggest Problem in the European Union?” by Hadas Aron and Emily Holland (4/2022)
“What the U˳S˳ Visit to Ukraine Means,” with Michael Kofman
“The Putinomics Playbook Won’t Work Forever,” by Chris Miller (4/2022)
“Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s Crisis of Nuclear Credibility“, by by Tyler Bowen (4/2022)
“The End of Strategic Cacophony? The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Future of NATO” by Jason W˳ Davidson (4/2022)
“CEOs Beware: “Feel-Good” Isolation of Russia Might Make Things Worse,” by Molly M˳ Melin (4/2022)
“A Mixed Bag: Putin’s Ukraine War and the Fight Against Europe’s Authoritarians,” by Mason Richey (4/2022)
“The Work to Come: Russia, Ukraine, and the West at the Negotiating Table,” by Tom Hill (3/2022)
“The Personal Face of International Tension: Hostage Diplomacy and Russia’s War in Ukraine,” with Danielle Gilbert (3/2022)
“Duty Bound to Disaster: Beware the Imperative in Foreign Policymaking,” by Michael Mazarr (3/2022)
“The Wisdom of Nuclear Carve-Outs From the Russian Sanctions Regime,” by Richard M˳ Nephew (3/2022)
“Making Coercion Work Against Russia,” Jane Vaynman, Tristan A˳ Volpe (3/2022)
“Is the West Laissez-Faire About Economic Warfare?” by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (3/2022)
“The Russian Sanctions Regime and the Risk of Catastrophic Success,” by Erik Sand and Suzanne Freeman (3/2022)
“A Case for French Leadership on Ukraine,” by Gesine Weber (3/2022)
“The Unfreezable Asset: Gold, Sanctions, and Russia,” by Daniel McDowell (3/2022)
“Russian Economy Rocked By Unprecedented Western Sanctions,” with Julia Friedlander (3/2022)
“A Letter from Moscow: (In)Divisible Security and Helsinki 2˳0,” by Alexander Graef and Ulrich Kühn (2/2022)
“How Would the American Public Respond to an Invasion of Ukraine?,” by Jordan Tama and Dina Smeltz (2/2022)
“As Finland Watches: From Alignment to Alliance?” by Matti Pesu (2/2022)
“Why Germany Behaves the Way That it Does,” by Marcel Dirsus (2/2022)
“Leaked Documents Outline Western Response to Russian Demands,” with James Goldgeier (2/2022)
“Who is Willing to Fight Over Ukraine?” with Olga Oliker (1/2022)
“The Time for Diplomacy with Russia Over Ukraine is Running Out,” with Samuel Charap (1/2022)
“The Berlin Crisis, Ukraine, and the 5 Percent Problem,” by Sergey Radchenko (12/2021)
“Call Putin Out By Negotiating,” by Ryan Evans (12/2021)
“America’s Alliance Management Challenge in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis,” with Rachel Rizzo (12/2021)
“Towards a Transatlantic Strategy on Russia Sanctions,” by Maria Shagina (12/2021)
“Solving the Russia Riddle,” Net Assessment with Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlowe, and Christopher Preble (7/2021)
“Why NATO Should Not Offer Ukraine and Georgia Membership Action Plans,” by Henrik B˳L˳ Larsen (6/2021)
“Expanding the Scope for Statecraft in U˳S˳ Russia Policy,” by Samuel Charap (5/2021)
“An Episode of Existential Uncertainty: The Ontological Security Origins of the War in Donbas,” by Brendan Chrzanowski (Texas National Security Review, 5/2021)
“A Crisis of Diverging Perspectives: U˳S˳-Russian Relations and the Security Dilemma,” by Charles E˳ Ziegler (Texas National Security Review, 11/20)
“Desperate Measures: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Warring Powers,” by Eric Sands (Texas National Security Review, 4/2020)
“A People-Centered Approach to Conflict Resolution in Ukraine,” by Céline Marangé (7/2019)
“NATO at 70: Will Continued Expansion Endanger Americans?” by Will Ruger (4/2019)
“NATO Expansion Got Some Big Things Right,” by Mike Sweeney (3/2019)
“It’s Long Past Time to Stop Expanding NATO,” by Matthew Cancian and Mark Cancian (3/2019)
“Implementing the Minsk Agreement Might Drive Ukraine to Civil War,” by Jonathan Brunson (1/2019)
“Yes, it Is a New Cold War˳ What Is to Be Done?” by Raymond Smith (4/2018)
“NATO’s Open Door Leads to an Identity Crisis,” by Emma Ashford (6/2016)
“Radically Rethinking NATO and European Security,” by Job C˳ Henning and Douglas Ollivant (3/2016)
Nuclear Weapons, Security, and Arms Control
“Russian Nuclear Weapons Strategy,” with Michael Kofman and Aaron Stein (12/2022)
“We Are On a Path to Nuclear War,” by Jeremy Shapiro (10/2022)
“Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine,” with Anya Fink (9/2022)
“Suspended Inspections and the Future of Arms Control,” with Pavel Podvig (8/2022)
“Weak States and Loose Arms: Lessons and Warnings, from Afghanistan to Ukraine,” by Kerry Chávez and Ori Swed (7/2022)
“Who Is Deterring Whom? The Place of Nuclear Weapons in Modern War,” by Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein (6/2022)
“Western Leaders Ought to Take Escalation Over Ukraine Seriously,” by Michael Lopate and Bear Braumoeller (6/2022)
“Cyber Signaling and Nuclear Deterrence: Implications for the Ukraine Crisis,” by Erica Lonergan and Keren Yarhi-Milo (4/2022)
“Understanding Putin’s Nuclear Decision-Making,” by Kristin Ven Bruusgaard (3/2022)
“The Fallout from Russia’s Attack on Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities,” by William Potter (3/2022)
“What Would Russia’s Break with the West Mean for Nuclear Arms Control,” by Hanna Notte and Sarah Bidgood (2/2022)
“Why Intermediate-Range Missiles are a Focal Point in the Ukraine Crisis,” by Brennan Deveraux (1/2022)
“Escalation Management and Nuclear Employment in Russian Military Strategy,” by Michael Kofman and Anya Loukianova Fink (6/2020)
“The Post-INF European Missile Balance: Thinking About NATO’s Deterrence Strategy,” by Luis Simón and Alexander Lanoszka (Texas National Security Review, 5/2020)
Germany Rearming?
“Making the Sea Change Real: What Germany and Allies Can Do,” by Aylin Matlé (5/2022)
“Beware of Potemkin: Germany’s Defense Rethink Risks Reinforcing Old Habits,” by Torben Schütz, Joseph Verbovszky, and Heiko Borchert (4/2022)
“How the Bundeswehr Should Spend Its Money,” by Michael Shurkin (3/2022)
“Waking a Sleeping Giant: What’s Next for German Security Policy?” by Sophia Besch and Sarah Brockmeier (3/2022)
Energy
“Bulgaria Lessens Dependence on Russian Energy,“ with Dimitar Bechev (01/2023)
“Permanent Rupture: The European-Russian Energy Relationship Has Ended with Nord Stream,” by Emily Holland (10/2022)
“Why OPEC+ Cut Oil Production,” with Gregory Brew (10/2022)
“The Nord Stream Pipeline Explosions,” with Emily Holland (09/2022)
“German Energy Crisis,” with Emily Holland (8/2022)
“Reviving the Petroleum Administration for War: A Case for Government-Industry Partnership,” by Ryan Kellogg and David Brunnert (8/2022)
“Europe’s Russian Gas Woes,” with Emily Holland (4/2022)
“The Urgent Case for Energy Austerity,” by Emily Holland and Marco Giuli (3/2022)
“The Meaning of Biden’s Russian Energy Import Ban,” with Emily Holland (3/2022)
“From Pledges to Action? Europe’s Move Away from Russian Fossil Fuels,” by Gregory Brew (3/2022)
“Germany Changes Course on Nordstream 2,” with Katja Yafimava (2/2022)
“Europe’s Dependence on Russian Energy,” with Emily Holland (1/2022)
“Europe’s Energy Security Problem Leaves it in the Cold,” by Emily Holland (11/2021)
History
“The Iran-Iraq War and the Lessons for Ukraine,” by Ronan P˳ Mainprize (02/2023)
“The Triumphs and Tribulations of Peter the Great: What Putin’s View of 18th-Century Warfare Can Tell Us About Ukraine,” by Alexander Burns (01/2023)
“Lessons from the First Time Russia Accused the United States of Biowarfare,” by Conrad Crane (3/2022)
“The History Behind the U˳S˳-Russian Showdown in Europe,” with Mary Sarotte (1/2022)
“A Promising Past?” Horns of a Dilemma with James Goldgeier (7/2021)
“Growing and Shrinking,” Horns of a Dilemma with James Goldgeier, Alexandra Hall Hall, and Doyle Hodges (7/21)
“On Kicking a Great Power When It’s Down,” by William Wohlforth (7/2020)
“Promises Made, Promises Broken? What Yeltsin Was Told About NATO in 1993 and Why It Matters,” by James Goldgeier (11/2019)
“Bill and Boris: A Window Into a Most Important Post-Cold War Relationship,” by James Goldgeier (Texas National Security Review, 8/2018)
“Less Whole, Less Free, Less at Peace: Whither America’s Strategy for a Post-Cold War Europe,” by James Goldgeier (2/2018)
“The Budapest Memorandum and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis,” by David Yost (6/2015)
Cyber
“What’s Old Is New Again: Cold War Lessons for Countering Disinformation,” by Calder Walton (9/2022)
“Assess Russia’s Cyber Performance Without Repeating Its Past Mistakes,” by Gavin Wilde (7/2022)
“Gray Zone, Twilight Zone, or Danger Zone? Russian Cyber and Information Operations in Ukraine,” with Christopher Krebs and Bobby Chesney (3/2022)
“Russia’s Missing Cyber Capabilities,” with Rupal Mehta (3/2022)
“Why Russian Cyber Dogs Have Mostly Failed to Bark,” Jelena Vićić and Rupal N˳ Mehta (3/2022)
“Preventing Cyber Escalation in Ukraine and After,” by Jason Healey (3/2022)
“There is No Cyber Shock and Awe: Plausible Threats in the Ukrainian Conflict,” by Lennart Maschmeyer and Nadiya Kostyuk (2/2022)
“Great Power Cyber Party,” War on the Rocks podcast with Dmitri Alperovitch, Erica Borghard, and Jason Healey (4/2021)
Intelligence
“To Defeat Autocracy, Weaponize Transparency,” by Garrett Berntsen and Ryan Fedasiuk (8/2022)
“Intelligence and War: Does Secrecy Still Matter?” by Joshua Rovner (5/2022)
“Intelligence and the War in Ukraine: Part 2,” by Naveen Shaaban Abdalla, Philip H˳ J˳ Davies, Kristian Gustafson, Dan Lomas, and Steven Wagner (5/2022)
“Intelligence and the War in Ukraine: Part 1,” by Naveen Shaaban Abdalla, Philip H˳ J˳ Davies, Kristian Gustafson, Dan Lomas, and Steven Wagner (5/2022)
“Intelligence Disclosures in the Ukraine Crisis and Beyond,” by Jake Harrington (3/2022)
“Can Intelligence Tell How Far Putin Will Go?” by Calder Walton (2/2022)
Middle East Spillover
“Ukraine’s Consequences Are Finally Spreading to Syria,” by Mona Yacoubian (01/2023)
“Iran At War in Ukraine,” with Sam Bendett (12/2022)
“How Much Multipolarity Does a Strongman Need?: Why Erdogan Has Benefited From Russia’s Failure in Ukraine,” by Nicholas Danforth (9/2022)
“At the Seam of Three Regions: The Case for More Basing and Access in Greece and Cyprus,” by Aaron Stein (7/2022)
“Dogfight Over the Aegean: Turkish-Greek Relations in Light of Ukraine,” by Ryan Gingeras (6/2022)
“Will Western-Russian Confrontation Shake the Middle East?” by Hanna Notte (3/2022)
“If Putin Stumbles, Will Erdogan Recalibrate?” by Ryan Gingeras (3/2022)
“What Russia’s New Reality Means for Turkey,” by Selim Kori (2/2022)
“From Ankara with Implications: Turkish Drones and Alliance Entrapment,” by Aaron Stein (12/2021)
Asian Echoes
“Learning to Train: What Washington and Taipei Can Learn from Security Cooperation in Ukraine and the Baltic States,” by Jerad Harper and Michael A˳ Hunzeker (01/2023)
“America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine,” by Luis Simon (12/2022)
“Ukraine’s Dream Could Be Taiwan’s Nightmare,” by Michael Spirtas (11/2022)
“As Russia Reels, Eurasia Roils,” with Jeffrey Mankoff (10/2022)
“What the Indian Military Won’t Learn From the War in Ukraine,” by Anit Mukherjee (6/2022)
“Helping India Replace Russia in the Value Arms Market,” by Vasabjit Banerjee and Benjamin Tkach (5/2022)
“A Flurry of Diplomacy Between India and America,” with Tanvi Madan (4/2022)
“After Ukraine, Where Will India Buy Its Weapons?” by Vasabjit Banerjee and Benjamin Tkach (4/2022)
“Is India ‘Shaky’ on Ukraine? It’s Complicated,” with Tanvi Madan and Ryan Evans (4/2022)
“Saving Central Asia from Putin’s Embrace,” by Gregory Gleason (4/2022)
“China’s Approach to Russia’s War Against Ukraine,” with Yun Sun (3/2022)
“India’s Russia Dilemma,” with Akriti Vasudeva (3/2022)
Russian and Ukrainian Politics
“Public Politics in the Wartime Russian Dictatorship,” by Julian G˳ Waller (01/2023)
“Ukraine’s Long-Term Road to Recovery,” by Collin Meisel (12/2023)
“Winter in Europe: A View from Ukraine (Episode 3),” with Yevgeniya Gaber (10/2022)
“Winter in Europe: Russia’s Under Sanctions (Episode 4),” with Chris Miller (10/2022)
“Will Putin’s War Continue Without Him,” Shawn Cochran (10/2022)
“A Ukrainian State of Mind,” by Siamak Tundra Naficy (4/2022)
“The Deadly Business of Dissent in Russia,” Horns of a Dilemma with Russian politician Vladimir Kara-Murza (2/2022)
“How to Stabilize Ukraine Long Term? Securitize Well-Being,” by Cynthia Buckley, Ralph Clem, and Erik Herron (12/2019)
“Ukraine’s Comic-Turned-Candidate Becomes President: What’s Next?” with Jonathan Brunson (4/2019)
“Russia Isn’t the Only Threat to Ukrainian Democracy: The Impact of Far-Right Nationalist Revolutionaries,” by Jonathan Brunson (4/2019)
“A Tangled Web: Organized Crime and Oligarchy in Putin’s Russia,” by Louise Shelley (11/2018)
Is Putin a Good Strategist?
“Putin, Pretext, and the Dark Side of the ‘Responsibility to Protect,’” by John Reid (5/2022)
“When Strongmen Invade, They Bring Their Pathologies With Them,” by Akar Bharadvaj and Kevin Woods (5/2022)
“Putin the Planner,” by Andrew Goodman (4/2022)
“Dealing with Putin’s Strategic Incompetence,” by Joshua Rovner (8/2015)
“Putin is a Far Better Strategist Than You Think,” by Michael Kofman (9/2015)
“Searching for Strategy in Putin’s Russia,” by Joshua Rovner (9/2015)
China’s Lessons
“The Future of China’s Cognitive Warfare: Lessons from the War in Ukraine,” by Koichiro Takagi (7/2022)
“Beijing’s Ukrainian Battle Lab,” by David Finkelstein (5/2022)
“From Ukraine and Beyond: Unpacking the Sino-Russian Relationship,” with Zack Cooper, Melanie Marlow, Christopher Preble, and Doyle Hodges (4/2022)
“Eight New Points on the Porcupine: More Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan,” by Andrew Erickson and Gabriel Collins (4/2022)
“Ukraine Shows Why Taiwan Needs More Air Defense,” by Harry Halem and Eyck Freymann (4/2022)
“Leaderless, Cut Off, and Alone: The Risks to Taiwan in the Wake of Ukraine,” by Evan Montgomery and Toshi Yoshihara (4/2022)
“Taiwan is Not Ukraine: Stop Linking Their Fates Together,” by Kharis Templeman (1/2022)
Latin American Ties
“Explaining Latin America’s Contradictory Reactions to the War in Ukraine,” by J˳ Luis Rodriguez (4/2022
Space Implications
“Russia and the International Space Station,” with Brian Weeden (7/2022)
“Sanctions and Satellites: The Space Industry After the Russo-Ukrainian War,” by Jeremy Grunert (6/2022)
“The Future of Western-Russian Civil-Space Cooperation,” by Jeremy Grunert (5/2022)
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