Europe The trouble with telling history as it happens In the Ukraine War, scholar Serhii Plokhy has his own biases, which can get in the way of his profession’s fidelity to evidence.Geoffrey RobertsAugust 02, 2023
Europe Whose 'Stalingrad' will Bakhmut be? Neither the Soviets nor the Germans intended to wage such an epic battle of attrition during WWII, but they were willing to. Sound familiar?Geoffrey RobertsMarch 14, 2023
Europe How this card game can help explain the war in Ukraine Putin may or may not be a secret bridge player, but it helps us understand his strategies, tactics, and modes of thinking. Geoffrey RobertsDecember 08, 2022
Europe Are these hawks really calling for a preventative war? A group of former senior US officials thinks Putin will attack NATO next, but that scenario is highly unlikely.Geoffrey RobertsAugust 26, 2022
Europe What George Kennan can teach us about US-Russia relations The American statesman famous for bringing about ‘containment’ sought to view the world through Moscow’s eyes.Geoffrey RobertsOctober 25, 2021