NBC5 DFW with Brian Curtis – October 2022
Brian Whitmore appears in the NBC5 studio with Brian Curtis, to give an update on the Russia-Ukraine war and provide some insights on future obstacles for the Ukraine military as … Continue reading
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University of Texas at Arlington Talk – October 2022
Brian Whitmore, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, visits UTA to host a discussion over the Ukraine War and why Russia and Ukraine are so different. Continue reading
The Ukraine War Escalates
Ukraine strikes the only bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to Russia, scoring a key strategic and symbolic victory after a month of victories on the battlefields in the east and the south. Continue reading
Ukraine Strikes Back
Vladimir Putin’s Russia may just be the first country in history to claim to be annexing another country’s territory even as its own troops were simultaneously and hastily retreating from that very territory. Continue reading
War, Mobilization, and Blowback
Vladimir Putin’s mobilization runs into a snag as Russians take to the streets and draft-age men flee the country in massive numbers. Continue reading
The War After Kharkiv
A stunningly successful Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast in the northeast liberated an estimated 3,800 square kilometers of territory, an area roughly the size of the US state of Rhode Island, in just two days as the Russian front line crumbled and troops retreated. Continue reading
A Ukrainian Victory Would Liberate Eastern Europe
As Russia’s full-scale reinvasion of Ukraine approached the half-year mark, Volodymyr Zelensky had victory on his mind. Continue reading
Tbilisi Int’l Conference – September 2022
Brian Whitmore speaks at a panel in Tbilisi, Georgia, organized by the Economic Policy Research Center, the McCain Institute, and the George W. Bush Institute, about Information Wars in Ukraine. Continue reading
Putin’s Energy War
As Ukraine launches a fresh offensive to retake Russian-occupied lands in the south, another struggle is taking shape that will likely be as consequential as what happens on the battlefield. And that is the energy war. Continue reading
Lessons From Between the Cold Wars
Three decades ago, U.S. President George H.W. Bush marked the end of the Cold War in his 1992 State of the Union address. It was a heady moment when anything and everything seemed possible. But it would not last. Continue reading