University of Texas at Arlington Talk – October 2024
Brian Whitmore, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, visits UTA to present his talk “Mafiaism is the New Communism”. Continue reading
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NUKES, LIES, AND ‘SECURITY ASSURANCES’
Nearly three decades ago, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan agreed to give up the nuclear arsenals they had inherited from the Soviet Union, turning them over to Russia. Continue reading
THE WAR IN THE WEST
In addition to the front lines in the Donbas, the battle for Ukraine’s future is being fought out in Western capitals. Continue reading
Brian Whitmore on NPR, December 11th, 2023
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to the Brian Whitmore of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center about Russian President Vladimir Putin running for a fifth term in office.
MR. ZELENSKY GOES TO WASHINGTON
Mr. Zelensky went to Washington – and went home empty handed. Continue reading
Putin’s Middle Eastern Front
Vladimir Putin wanted everybody to know he was arriving. Continue reading
Putin’s Latest American Hostage
Vladimir Putin continues to take Americans hostage. Continue reading
TOWARD A THEORY OF SUCCESS IN UKRAINE
A stalemate in the Donbas as winter sets in. Continue reading
UKRAINE’S HOME FRONT
Recent remarks by Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top military commander, that the war with Russia is locked in a stalemate with no breakthrough on the horizon landed in a toxic political atmosphere in the West in which support for military assistance to Kyiv is ebbing and the issue is becoming polarized. Continue reading
BREAKING THE STALEMATE
Ukraine’s top military commander said this week that his troops are locked in a “stalemate” with Russia and that “no deep and beautiful breakthrough” is on the horizon Continue reading