Category Archives: Ukraine

War Notes, Monday Threefer: Hackers Attacking Russia; Ukraine’s female minesweepers; and Sketches from Ukraine’s “International Legion”

Washington Post: Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all. Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia. By Joseph Menn — May 1, 2022 For more than a decade, U.S. cybersecurity experts have warned about Russian hacking that increasingly uses the labor … Continue reading War Notes, Monday Threefer: Hackers Attacking Russia; Ukraine’s female minesweepers; and Sketches from Ukraine’s “International Legion” →

Gwynne Dyer

Western powers step up assistance for a confident but battered Ukraine Gwynne Dyer13:07, Apr 28 2022 Two months ago, when Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, every message from Washington or Nato about the invasion included a prominent passage saying what the western alliance would not do. It would not send Nato troops to … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer →

A New Idea to End Putin’s War

From: How to End the War in Ukraine, by Alfred McCoy Alfred McCoy is Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of A Question of Torture, and In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power (Dispatch Books). His newest book, just published, … Continue reading A New Idea to End Putin’s War →

Could Belarus Be the Next Stage of the Ukraine War?

The Guardian: Putin has ignited a new anti-colonial struggle. This time, Moscow is the target Nick Cohen, Columnist — 23 April 2022 Belarusian exiles watch events in Ukraine with fear but also hope. Could they too fight back? History is teetering on an edge. No one knows which way it will go. Maybe the Russian … Continue reading Could Belarus Be the Next Stage of the Ukraine War? →