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Ukraine’s remarkable protests and whether it should draft all its young men

Russia has increased the intensity of its missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, most especially Kyiv. Both at the societal and individual level, these attacks are frightening and horrifying. Of course, these are war crimes and … Continue reading

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

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.

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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Orientalism and War

A new edited volume, Orientalism and War, edited by Tarak Barkawi and Keith Stanski, will appear soon published by Columbia/Hurst. Asked to blurb it, I took some time to read the chapters, some of which I found to be intellectually … Continue reading

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