by James Chaplin | Mar 20, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
Finally, Putin’s master plan is indisputable, to unite all Russian-speaking people under one Greater Russia where he rules over all of them. Countries with large ethnic Russian diasporas are to be either absorbed in through union (such as Belarus) or targeted for...
by James Chaplin | Mar 13, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
“Violence begets violence.” With each passing day, the military forces, resources, and equipment increase and with that, the violence intensifies. Mariupol is a humanitarian disaster, yet still, the shelling continues. Across the country, resistance is met with a...
by James Chaplin | Mar 6, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
Despite Putin’s assertions to the contrary, increasingly what is becoming obvious is that the plan he had in mind for this campaign is not working. Even now, with the full might of the army being deployed, the resistance remains in Kharkiv and Mariupol, which by any...
by James Chaplin | Mar 1, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
Earlier I wrote about the Russian objectives from this war, with that, it is also worth thinking about an acceptable post-war paradigm that would be acceptable to Putin, assuming Russia becomes a pariah state in the west, so to help us understand why he’s not going to...
by James Chaplin | Mar 1, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” As the war in Ukraine rages, both the people and governments of western countries are now in a seminal moment, where the contributions we make can determine whether in the next instance...
