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Wars rarely go to plan, especially if you believe your own rhetoric

Lawrence Freedman

Feb 25

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Mar 2

With the costs of war mounting and his army in disarray Putin is running out of options

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 6

In my previous post I explained why I thought that this war had begun badly for Russia and was likely to end badly. Even if the military campaign…

Lawrence Freedman

Feb 27

Can Putin and Zelensky agree a way out?

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 9

What kind of peace could Russia afford?

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 15

Russian flags dumped in the aftermath of a pro-war rally at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 18th March (Photo via @mbk_center) The futility of Russia’s war…

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 24

Igor Girkin, aka Strelkov, delivers a press conference on 28 July 2014 in Donetsk. (Source: BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images) In 2014 Igor Girkin, aka…

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 31

A cross in Bucha marking the spot where locals buried four people killed by Russian troops (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images) On 24 February as they…

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Apr 6

And how do we start to fix it?

Apr 16

9A Russian ballistic nuclear missile roles through Red Square during rehearsals for the 2018 Military Victory Parade (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty…

Lawrence Freedman

Apr 29

Apologies for a more personal piece – we’ll be back to the politics and international relations soon (and there is a bit of policy in this one at the…

Mar 27

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