Grain of Discontent: What imposters of the story remain unnoticed?
The Ukrainian steppe. There is no end to its breadth. It is an endless plain covered with thick feather grass, a rich tapestry of colorful fields. Welcome to th...
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Invisible Children: How the media has failed to draw attention to one of Russia’s most pernicious war tactics
This essay won an Honorable Mention in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current ...
Sanctions on Russia: Implications for the Financial World Order
Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western sanctions have failed to act as an effective deterrent against Russian aggression. Today, as Vladimir P...
Looking Beyond Ukraine: How decisive U.S. action in the Ukraine crisis can help Taiwan
Near the Ukrainian border and in Crimea – a peninsula forcibly annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 – the buildup of Russian military forces is a point of gro...
Fifty Shades of Gray: An Analysis of Modern Conflict
Written by Henry Suckow-Ziemer Less than a week after Indian PM Narendra Modi promised a “jaw-breaking” response to a terror attack that killed 40 paramilitary ...
Lawrence Freedman’s “Ukraine and the Art of Strategy”
Written by Henry Suckow-Ziemer Vladimir Putin is a name that likely conjures a number of images to mind for U.S. citizens. The bare-chested strongman who swept ...
Fifty lies and a truth: Experiencing controversy in Ukraine and Georgia
Russian BMP-2 of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District in South Ossetia during the 2008 South Ossetia War. This past Spring Break I had the oppo...