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...
by James Chaplin | Feb 28, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
In my last post, I wrote about the danger of assuming this war is on the verge of being won. With that, it is official. For now, at least, Kyiv is surrounded. The Russian army is reinforcing from the north and the siege is about to enter its most dangerous phase for...
by James Chaplin | Feb 26, 2022 | Current Affairs, Notes From Ukraine
This article was first published on February 26th 2022 As the battle rages on in Kyiv, across the West there is a real danger of false self-congratulation. In my first post of this series approx. a month ago I argued that war was coming and explained why: Briefing:...
