War in Ukraine: 1 Year Later
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It's one year this week since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We marked the occasion with reflections on a year of conflict and the U.S.-Russian relationship. Our experts also published on a range of defense topics, including managing risk in the special forces and an?overview of the Munich Security Conference.
See all of our coverage below.?
Articles
For the past 60 years, Sweden and to a lesser extent its neighbor, Finland, have been bridge-builders between adepts of nuclear deterrence and pro-disarmament abolitionists.
The West is now unified in its aims. It is the West’s capacity and endurance that are in question.
With renewed focus on?large-scale combat operations against a peer threat, special operations forces are confronting radically different operating environments than those they grew accustomed to in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One must hope that the Kremlin will recognize that it still benefits from nuclear arms control — if not, U.S.-Russian relations can still get much worse.
From the “hyper-enabled operator” working at the tactical edge to the analyst assessing?social dynamics and trends?within the operational environment, AI is touted as a?transformative technology?that will impact every facet of warfare.
As the constraints of China’s innovative potential are intrinsic to its political system, the United States and its allies can be cautiously optimistic about their long-term competitiveness in semiconductor technologies.??
Podcasts
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl and Counselor to the Secretary of State Derek Chollet join the show to reflect on the war one year after Russia’s brutal invasion and the commencement of Ukraine’s monumental resistance.
The turnover between U.S. presidential administrations can be a time of uncertainty and vulnerability.
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In a speech Monday, Vladimir Putin announced that he was suspending Russia’s participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.?
China’s top foreign policy official recently visited Moscow, where President Putin declared that Chinese-Russian relations were “reaching new milestones.”?
On this episode of the Russia Contingency, Aaron and Mike sat down to discuss the 1-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On this episode of Unspent Rounds, Aaron sat down with Sir Lawrence Freedman, the Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London, to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine.?
Aaron sat down with the Washington Post's Ukraine bureau chief, Isabelle Khurshudyan; Catherine Belton, the Post's Russia reporter; and Paul Sonne, a national security reporter.