Despite Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Ukraine did not sever diplomatic relations with Russia. It did so only in February 2022, when Russia officially recognized the separatist Donbas republics and launched its aggression. Ukraine…
When, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Western leaders, especially Americans, tried to dissuade Putin from aggression, they evoked the prospect of severe, painful sanctions that Russia would bring on itself…
The NATO Strategic Concept, adopted at the end of June 2022 in Madrid, made the doctrine of deterrence the core of the Alliance’s functioning. Crisis response and collective security work remain important areas of NATO’s…
Most Western analysts indicate that the state of confrontation and tension in relations with Russia will continue for many years, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Even if one succeeds in breaking…
