“The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Is Kindling for World War III,” Henry Sokolski of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, NI, 08.31.22.

“Russian Roulette at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,” Lillian Posner of Think Global Health at CFR, Think Global Health, 08.29.22.

“The Tank Is Not Obsolete, and Other Observations About the Future of Combat,” Rob Lee of FPRI, War on the Rocks, 09.06.22.

“The Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Part II: The mental and moral realms,” Marinus, Marine Corps Gazette via Imetatronink and Johnson’s Russia List , August 2022.

“Ukraine digs in for a long winter campaign,” Lawrence Freedman, FT, 09.02.22.

“After the start of the war, experts said that the sanctions would bring down the Russian economy. But this did not happen. Why? We posed this question to the economists we trust ourselves,” Meduza, 09.05.22. Clues from Russian Views

“Is Russia’s Economy on the Brink?,” Chris Miller of the Fletcher School, FA, 09.02.22. 

“The War in Ukraine and the Return of Realpolitik,” Georgetown University’s Charles A. Kupchan, NI, 09.02.22.

“Two Cold Wars in a New Bipolar World,” Columbia University’s Robert Legvold, NI, 09.04.22.

“How U.S. Grand Strategy Is Changed by Ukraine,” Foreign Policy, 09.02.22.

“How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World,” Harvard Kennedy School’s Dani Rodrik and Stephen M. Walt, FA, September/October 2022.

“The Dangerous Decade. A Foreign Policy for a World in Crisis,” CFR’s Richard Haass, FA, September/October 2022.

“In Praise of Lesser Evils. Can Realism Repair Foreign Policy?” Emma Ashford of Georgetown University, FA, September/October 2022.

“Ukraine Holds the Future: The War Between Democracy and Nihilism,” Yale’s Timothy Snyder, FA, September/October 2022.

“Vostok military exercises indicate that Russia is far from isolated,” Sarang Shidore of the Quincy Institute, Responsible Statecraft, 09.01.22.

“Russia’s Turn to the East: Between Choice and Necessity,” Timofei Bordachev of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Valdai Club, 09.01.22. Clues from Russian Views

“How to Teach Beijing a Lesson in Ukraine,” former U.S. national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien, FP, 09.01.22.

“Time to Rethink America’s Nuclear Strategy,” Francis J. Gavin of Johns Hopkins University, FA, 09.05.22.

“Three myths about the global energy crisis,” Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, FT, 09.05.22.

“A potential new snag for Putin: The retreat of Jack Frost,” WP’s David Von Drehle, WP, 09.02.22.

“Russia’s Unfounded Claims of Secret U.S. Bioweapons Linger On and On,” NYT’s Steven Lee Myers, NYT, 09.04.22.

Obituaries and commentaries dedicated to Mikhail Gorbachev:

“‘Nothing Has Really Changed’: In Moscow, the Fighting Is a World Away,” NYT’s Valerie Hopkins, NYT, 09.06.22.

“Africa’s Ukraine Dilemma: Why the Continent Is Caught Between Russia and the West,” Nanjala Nyabola, FA, 09.05.22.

“Russia has made worrying inroads into Africa,” Editorial Board, FT, 09.04.22.

“War in Ukraine has shaken the EU’s power dynamics,” FT’s Sylvie Kauffmann, FT, 08.30.22.

“Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire?”, Karina V. Korostelina of George Mason University and Gerard Toal of Virginia Tech, WP/Monkey Cage, 08.30.22.

“Invest in the Future of Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelensky, WSJ, 09.05.22.

“The Education of Volodymyr Zelensky: A new biography traces the former comedian’s first two years as president of Ukraine,” book review by Jack Detsch, FP, 09.03.22.