Jamestown Board Member Retired General Philip Breedlove interviewed by CNN on prospects of the war in Ukraine
Jamestown Foundation Board Member Retired General Philip Breedlove was interviewed by CNN's Jake Tapper regarding Biden's and Putin's recent speeches and what they might portend... MORE
Will Iran’s Fatemiyoun and Zainebiyoun Brigades Reinforce the Russian Army in Ukraine?
In late December, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced a significant expansion of the Russian Armed Forces that would increase its size from 1.15 million... MORE
Before Decisive Battles, Russia’s War Against Ukraine Reaches a Political Culmination
As the one-year mark approaches, the Russo-Ukrainian war shows little movement along the battle lines but plenty of action along the political dimension, which may... MORE
Biden Administration Signals Limits to Its Support for Ukraine’s Just War
The Munich Security Conference, running from February 17 to 19, and the upcoming one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched on February 24,... MORE
New Russian Offensive Underway in Ukraine
If at the end of 2022 it was assumed that Ukraine would be the first to attack to gain the initiative on the battlefield, more... MORE
Cossacks Used to Promote Moscow’s War Against Ukraine
Morale is a critical resource during wartime, and the role of Russia’s state-organized Cossack movement in shoring up the home front has been significant (see... MORE
Putin’s War in Ukraine Hitting Russia’s Numerically Smallest Nations Hardest
The disproportionate use of soldiers from the primarily non-ethnic Russian republics in the North Caucasus, Middle Volga and Far Eastern regions in President Vladimir Putin’s... MORE
The Case for US Assent to Ukraine’s Further Dismemberment (Part Two)
*Read Part One Here. Ukraine’s leadership and public opinion are adamant in ruling out land-for-peace tradeoffs with Russia. Leadership statements and public opinion surveys testify... MORE
The Case for US Assent to Ukraine’s Further Dismemberment (Part One)
The boldest prescription yet for a United States–abetted defeat of Ukraine by Russia—and, ipso facto, a Western defeat—has come out of one unit of the... MORE
What Are the Kremlin’s Hopes for Its War Against Ukraine?
In the 12th month of Russia’s war against Ukraine, analysts close to the Kremlin are increasingly sounding the alarm that the Russian people should prepare... MORE