War in Ukraine: Update from Kyiv
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Carl "Grinch" Larson, a former US soldier who served in Iraq, and then spent 6 months in 2022 fighting in the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine, discusses fighting as a foreign national in Ukraine; differences between fighting in Ukraine and fighting for the US army in Iraq; challenges and lack of equipment for Ukrainian troops; and the work of the Ukraine Defense Support group in providing equipment - primarily to the International Legion and to the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces.
More about Ukraine Defense Support initiative: ukrainedefensesupport.org
Overview of the Ukraine Defense Support group: Our mission - Ukraine Defense Support
Contact the Ukraine Defense Support group: victory@ukrainedefensesupport.org
Carl Larson on Twitter (X): @UALegionnaire
Jessica Genauer on Twitter (X): @jessicagenauer
81:KYIV UPDATE: Oleksandr Kraiev on the bombing of Olenivka prison, treatment of Ukrainian POWs and reaction to these events in Ukraine
80. ANALYSIS: Brian Taylor on ’The code of Putinism’ - Key ideas that drive Putin and those around him; was Putin’s rise to power inevitable; and the war in Ukraine as ’Putin’s war’
79. VIEW FROM UKRAINE: Ivan Shmatko and Dafna Rachok on Ukrainian society, politics & identity - treatment of vulnerable groups, & divergence of Ukrainian and Russian identity, society and politics
78. ANALYSIS: Zofia Stemplowska on the ’NATO enlargement’ argument - why this argument is problematic and an alternate perspective
77. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali on day of Ukrainian statehood, Ukrainian identity since the full-scale invasion, Russian propoganda & conditions in occupied Mariupol
76. ANALYSIS: Volodymyr Dubovyk on Ukraine-Russia recent grain export deal, Russian missile strikes on Odessa’s port, Ukraine’s motivations for the deal and chances of success
75. DEEP DIVE: Michael Mandelbaum on The Four Ages of US Foreign Policy - continuities in US foreign policy; entry into and exit from wars; unique aspect of US support for Ukraine in the current war
74. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali on Ukraine counteroffensive: importance of Kherson, possible timeline & significance of 11 September election in Russia
73. ANALYSIS: Paul Poast on realism and the war in Ukraine - questioning the ’NATO expansion’ explanation and providing an alternate view
72. ANALYSIS: Mart Kuldkepp on Estonia, Baltic states, Baltic Sea security and the war in Ukraine
71. ANALYSIS: Political theorists Avia Pasternak and Zofia Stemplowska discuss sanctions on Russia, population-costs, avoiding harm, and when sanctions are justified
70. ANALYSIS: Amb. Steven Pifer on Ukraine-US relations - implications of Ukraine giving up nukes in the 1990s; Ukraine’s economy and reconstruction; and US support since Feb 24
69. ANALYSIS: Michael Doyle on liberal peace theory and the Ukraine conflict - restraint, regime type, economic integration, national self-determination and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
68. ANALYSIS: John Blaxland on the Ukraine conflict & the Asia-Pacific region - China, India, Australia, the QUAD security dialogue, and the AUKUS deal
67. KYIV UPDATE: Maksym Yali responds to Russian occupation of Lysychansk & Russian withdrawal from Snake Island
66. VIEW FROM UKRAINE: Ivan Shmatko and Dafna Rachok on war, invasion, civil society mobilization and Ukraine’s resolve
65. LEADERSHIP: Toby Newstead and Suze Wilson on character, virtues and Zelensky’s leadership
64. ANALYSIS: Jamie Shea - former NATO official - responds to NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, Russia’s invasion, NATO’s response, and what Swedish and Finnish membership means for the alliance.
63. ANALYSIS: Volodymyr Dubovyk on US-Ukraine relations - a view from Ukraine
62. ANALYSIS: Matthew Light on post-Soviet states and the Ukraine conflict - trajectories of post-Soviet states, the Baltics, Kazhakstan, Russian-speaking populations, NATO’s role and more
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