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SOURCE: The Conversation
7/6/2023
In Post-Soviet Russia, Children Have Been Propaganda Instruments
by Clementine Fujimura
Russian regimes since the fall of Communism have inherited and created crises of mass orphanage; their policy responses to parentless children have been informed by politics and nationalism at the expense of child welfare. Removal of orphans from Ukraine to Russia is just the latest instance.
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6/18/2023
Jared McBride Sheds Light on the Darker Parts of Ukraine's History
by James Thornton Harris
The issue of Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi genocide has been a propaganda point in the war with Russia. Historian Jared McBride talks about the complexities of ethnic violence and the complications of archival research in Russia and eastern Europe.
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6/4/2023
A Trip Through the Mind of Vlad the Conqueror: A Satire Blending Imaginary Thoughts with Historical Facts
by Lawrence S. Wittner
"Today I am Vlad the Conqueror! Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
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5/28/2023
The Mexican War Suggests Ukraine May End Up Conceding Crimea. World War I Suggests the Price May Be Tragic if it Doesn't
by Alan J. Singer
Ukrainian leadership would likely compare the abandonment of its claim to Crimea to be an injustice on par with Mexico's surrender of California and the southwest to the United States. Is it the least bad alternative?
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SOURCE: New York Times
5/9/2023
This is Putin's Last War, and He's Losing
by Timothy Snyder
Predictions that Russia's nuclear arsenal would be a bulwark against strong Ukrainian resistance or western support have shown that Putin wields these weapons like a bully to threaten, but can't win the war he started.
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SOURCE: Foreign Policy in Focus
4/24/2024
Ukraine has Never been America's War
by Lawrence Wittner
A historian of diplomacy and peace movements argues that efforts to blame the war on American imperialism don't stand up to scrutiny.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
4/23/2023
Putin Also Making War on Ukrainian Memory
by Richard Ovenden
Victory in war involves imposing one's own version of history on the next generation. Russian forces appear to be targeting Ukrainian archives where records of KGB surveillance and Soviet-era repression of Ukrainian civilians are held, part of an effort to delegitimize claims of independence.
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SOURCE: Boston Review
4/26/2023
How to End the War in Ukraine and Build Peace
by Michael Brenes
"The foundation of a progressive foreign policy, in my view, entails providing material support to countries suffering from deprivation and aggression in multiple forms—with such assistance reflecting the security and democratic interests of the United States and its people."
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
3/28/2023
Will Ukraine be Remembered as the War of Surprises?
by Rajan Menon
Neither the perceived threat of NATO expansion nor Putin's alleged fears of liberalization explain the move to an all-out invasion. This uncertainty remains confounding, as has the progress of the war.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
3/7/2023
Ignoring International Relations Scholars is Leading the US to Mistakes on Ukraine
by Max Abrahms
Punditry on the Ukraine-Russia war ignores a host of scholarship on international relations that suggests Russian apprehension about NATO is a legitimate influence on Putin's actions, and not just an excuse for aggression.
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SOURCE: Dissent
3/7/2023
The Left Should Reject an Alliance with the Far Right Against Ukraine
by Michael Kazin
The American left has always approached foreign policy with reluctance to impose America's will on the world. But that doesn't mean they should allow Russia to have its way in Ukraine.
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3/5/2023
Don't Forget the Private Sorrows of Ukraine
by Walter G. Moss
In Ukraine, as with all wars, statistical accounts of death and destruction risk depersonalizing the killing and obscuring the humanity of the victims.
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3/5/2023
Whose "Red Lines"?
by Lawrence Wittner
Far from promoting clarity and stability, when powerful nations declare "red lines" in their dealings with the world they declare their intentions to impose their will on others. Peace-promoting red lines must be drawn by more robust international cooperation.
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SOURCE: Hollywood Progressive
3/1/2023
"Mr. Jones" Shows Fake News Has Always Been a Weapon Against Ukraine
by Walter G. Moss
The new Amazon feature "Mr. Jones" details the famine imposed on Ukraine by Stalin's policies in the 1930s, and the battle among journalists to control the story. It's a timely reminder of the connection of information and power.
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SOURCE: New York Times
2/24/2023
Is Ukraine Headed for a Cease Fire? And Is That the Best Option?
by Sergey Radchenko
After an essential stalemate between 1951 and 1953, a cease-fire in Korea enabled the parties to avoid both defeat and the cost of victory. Is this the best chance for resolving the war in Ukraine?
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
2/17/2023
Stephen Kotkin on How the Ukraine War Could End
The historian of Russia and the USSR argues that Putin's invasion will ultimately be seen as a disaster for Russia. Its unclear, however, if that view is sufficiently widespread in Russia to change Putin's strategic outlook or the regime.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
2/21/2023
Russia's Invasion Threatens Soviet Secret Police Archives in Ukraine—and Families' History
by Megan Buskey
During a brief recent window of time, records of Soviet secret police activities in Ukraine, including voluminous files kept on ordinary civilians, have become available to researchers. While pro-Russian politicians once kept them classified, Russian munitions now threaten their physical existence.
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2/22/2023
1918's Armistice Offers an Unsettling Model for Ending the Ukraine Conflict
by James Thornton Harris
Marshal Foch of France described the Treaty of Versailles as a "an armistice for 20 years." In Ukraine, the end of the shooting war will be only the first step in securing peace.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
2/14/2023
Ukrainian Civilians' Experience of Violence
by Anne Applebaum and Nataliya Gumenyuk
Russian soldiers exposed to propaganda that Ukrainians were unwilling subjects of their local governments expected civilian support to capture political leaders; when this expectation was confounded, they unleashed violence.
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2/12/2023
Russia's Courageous War Resisters
by Lawrence Wittner
While most Russians have chosen silence in the wake of Putin's harsh anti-dissent measures, and many military-aged men have opted to leave the country, a core of protesters have braved violence and imprisonment to denounce the Ukraine invasion.