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Reflections on the Alaska and Washington Summits The first months of Trump’s return to office have been dominated by one question: what will he do about Ukraine? Supporters insist he alone can brin…| Branislav L. Slantchev
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December 5, 2022 It has been a while since I’ve written an update on the war, and now several recent events have prompted some analysis. The events in question: recent surveys about support f…| Branislav L. Slantchev
Posts about the Russian invasion of Ukraine| Branislav L. Slantchev
June 23, 2024 (In this installment, I cover the crucial period from 1989 to the 1999 NATO enlargement. The subsequent developments will be dealt with in a follow-up essay.) In recent days, both Pre…| Branislav L. Slantchev
May 28, 2024 A week or so ago, Aleksandar Djokic sent me some questions about transition to a war economy for an article he was writing (you can read it here). I wrote a reply that was way too long…| Branislav L. Slantchev
March 31, 2024 I know it’s been a long time since I have written updates for this blog. I’ve been quite busy with work and trying to reach other outlets to encourage support for Ukraine…| Branislav L. Slantchev
September 1, 2023 Among the several arguments for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, the analogy with the Korean War armistice periodically pops up, as it did most recently in the article about Sam…| Branislav L. Slantchev
August 30, 2023 It has been quite some time since my last comprehensive update here, and my excuse that I have been quite active on FB and Twitter/X with analyses, and got a bit used to the shorter…| Branislav L. Slantchev
July 2, 2023 It has been nearly a month since ZSU’s offensive began, and it’s time for an update, especially since so many things have happened in Ukraine, Russia, and elsewhere. If one…| Branislav L. Slantchev
August 30, 2023 In the first part of this series, we took a look at developments on the battlefield, and discussed strategies and problems the Ukrainians have encountered. My overall conclusion is …| Branislav L. Slantchev
May 22, 2023 Recently, I got into a fruitful exchange on Twitter about the dangers of accidental nuclear war during the Russo-Ukrainian conventional war. Since this is an argument / fear I hear exp…| Branislav L. Slantchev
May 11, 2023 It has been a month since my last comprehensive update, and now there is enough accumulated material to write an update on the eve of the coming Ukrainian summer offensive. There is a …| Branislav L. Slantchev
March 31, 2023 It has been two months since my last comprehensive update right after the start of the Russian winter/spring offensive operations, which I called the “Gerasimov Offensive.̶…| Branislav L. Slantchev
June 9, 2023 It appears that the long-awaited Ukrainian offensive — which we can now call the Summer Offensive — began a couple of days ago, with attacks almost along the entre front li…| Branislav L. Slantchev