Four Years On: Ukraine’s War of Hope in a World Reordered
Today marks the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – a stark reminder of how long this war has endured and how profoundly it has reshaped Europe’s security landscape.
Jeremy Kinsman
CIC Distinguished Fellow
Jeremy Kinsman, a Distinguished Fellow of the CIC, has been a long-time addict of US politics, professionally as Minister for Political Affairs at our Embassy in Washington in the 1980s, and more recently as Regent's Lecturer and International Scholar at Berkeley, after serving as Canadian Ambassador in Moscow, Rome, London, and Brussels.
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An Unrecognizable America
In this extract from a recent Red Passport podcast the focus turned to the war in Ukraine, US foreign policy under Donald Trump, and the shifting global order.
In the Home stretch:
a US election upended
Anything can happen between now and November 5. One way or another, we should expect the unexpected.
A Broken Biden vs A Lying Trump: How will this end?
Trump’s boastful, mendacious, smirking performance was repulsive to many watchers. But he was vigorous, alert, and forceful – everything Biden was not.
It’s not the Economy, Stupid
In the United States, non-economic factors are now the major drivers behind voter choice
Voter and candidate psychology in Election Year, USA
The likely Biden-Trump rematch in 2024 will further expose a divided America
It Can’t Be Happening!
In America the anticipated Trump-Biden rematch remains too close to call
When Will Putin Finally Grasp That Russia Has Lost?
That the war is going badly for Russia is seemingly something everyone knows but him
Another Russian Revolution?
Canada’s former ambassador to Russia on why Alexei Navalny is an existential threat to Vladimir Putin.
Book Review: The Good Country Equation
Simon Anholt, The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation. Berrett-Koehler, 2020.