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
Tag Archives: politics
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
The Black Sea Front
It has become one of the critical fault lines in the geopolitical clash between Russia and the West. The Black Sea region — which encompasses NATO allies Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey; Western partners Ukraine and Georgia; and of course, an increasingly aggressive and revanchist Russia — was a tense and contested area even before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since the invasion, this competition and the potential for conflict have only escalated. Continue reading
University of Texas at Arlington Talk – APRIL 2023
Brian Whitmore, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, visits UTA to present his talk “The End of an Empire Ukraine and the Final Stage of … Continue reading
ASSASSINATION, INTRIGUE, AND POWER STRUGGLES
A prominent Russian pro-war blogger is killed in a bombing at a St. Petersburg café. An anti-war activist is arrested as the authorities in Moscow allege a broad and improbable conspiracy involving the Ukrainian intelligence services and imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. Continue reading
THE GUNS OF SPRING: UKRAINE’S LOOMING OFFENSIVE
As Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine enters its 14th month, and with Russian forces failing in their efforts to take more territory in the Donbas, Ukrainian forces are gearing up for a spring offensive. Continue reading
THE CASE FOR LIBERATING CRIMEA
As Ukraine continues to beat back Russian forces in its eastern Donbas region and prepares for a spring offensive to liberate more territory, there is another issue lurking just below the surface. Continue reading
The Belarusian Front
Even as its invasion of Ukraine falters, Russia has clearly not given up on its ambitions to effectively absorb and annex Belarus. Continue reading
A YEAR OF WAR: PART ONE
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is nearing the one-year mark. In the first of two Power Vertical episodes marking the anniversary, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Volodymyr Dubovyk, an associate professor in the Faculty of International Relations at Mechnikov National University in Odesa and a visiting professor at Tufts University about the war’s major milestones, where it may be headed, and what European security might look like when it is over. Continue reading