Tag Archives: Putin

Territorial Taboo or Territorial Trading in the Russian War against Ukraine?

Posted on September 19, 2024 by Dr Gerard Toal

The good folks at KIIS did an excellent job in very difficult circumstances — missile attacks, power failures, fear and stress — in completing the latest round of survey research in government controlled Ukraine for the joint NSF-ESRC project on … Continue reading →

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Text of remarks for Kennan Institute’s “Why Ukraine Matters” series.

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Dr Gerard Toal

Below is a transcript of my comments for this series. Click here for a video of the remarks used. For the whole series (which I recommend) click here. What makes the Russian war against Ukraine different from other conflicts in Europe … Continue reading →

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The Saddest Place: Beslan Plus 9

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Dr Gerard Toal

Nine years ago the siege of School Number 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia ended in disastrous circumstances with 336 people killed, almost two hundred of them children. The mundane ramshackle ruins of the gutted school buildings are deeply affecting reminders … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Freudian Slip: Georgia (Not) On My Mind

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Dr Gerard Toal

The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is in Washington DC these days, meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday, talking yesterday at the World Bank, and tomorrow at Georgetown which I plan to attend. A funny thing happened … Continue reading →

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