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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia


Anticipation, Empathy, Resolve
In our final update of this project, we return to the people and societies at the heart of this conflict in Russia and Ukraine...

Mariah Nimmons
Dec 18, 20246 min read


The Nature of War
Amidst a steady stream of media coverage on war’s economic, political, and humanitarian toll, a quieter voice reminds us of an equally...

Mariah Nimmons
Dec 5, 20244 min read


1,001 Days of War
The impact of a US election with wide ranging implications for international dynamics has begun to ripple across the global landscape. In...

Mariah Nimmons
Nov 20, 20245 min read


Conflict Conflagration?
In recent weeks, experts have grown increasingly concerned that the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russia-Ukraine front line...

Mariah Nimmons
Nov 7, 20244 min read


Invaded Identity
Of late, political undulations, escalations in nuclear policy, and more have drawn media focus away from the war’s epicenter in Ukraine...

Mariah Nimmons
Oct 23, 20246 min read


A New Hue for the Red Line?
In recent weeks, at a National Security Council meeting, Putin announced several proposed changes to Russian nuclear deterrence doctrine...

Mariah Nimmons
Oct 9, 20245 min read


Where West Meets War
During an unprecedented year of global elections, the changing season draws us ever nearer to the consequential US presidential election...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 25, 20245 min read


Flowers in the Pavement
The vital spirit of childhood and the brutality of war are incongruous - two worlds that should never collide. And yet, in nearly all...

tracktwo
Sep 11, 20245 min read


Digital Paths Close
Just as the battlefield in Kursk and Eastern Ukraine bore dramatic shifts in recent weeks, so too has the digital landscape. This week...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 28, 20245 min read


From the Front, Over the Border
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page three or more weeks past the below date, pieces...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 14, 20245 min read


The Russian Mind At War
For nearly two and half years we’ve followed the war in Ukraine and among our network, an ongoing line of inquiry pervades discussion of...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 31, 20244 min read


Archived Resources: The Israel-Hamas War (October 7, 2023 - August 14, 2024)
The resources included in this list are not original to Track Two and do not in any way reflect any position on the events and...

tracktwo
Jul 18, 202419 min read


Blocs and BRICS
Last week, meetings between allies and partners reinvigorated media interest in the broader geopolitical climate. These gatherings...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 18, 20244 min read


Hushed but Active: Russian Resistance Persists
To many who are fortunate to live where freedom of speech is almost taken for granted, there is a perception that Russian anti-war...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 3, 20245 min read


Sovereignty in the Soviet Sphere
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page three or more weeks past the below date, pieces...

Mariah Nimmons
Jun 20, 20244 min read


CONFERENCE REPORT: The Russian Emigres Community Aspirations & Opportunities
Over the last 2 years Track Two has encountered a wealth of opinion about the war between Russia and Ukraine, its causes, and with whom...

tracktwo
Jun 12, 202415 min read


Ukraine: The Experience of War
In another timeline, recent weeks might have yielded shifts in leadership for both Russia and Ukraine. Bookending Putin’s inauguration at...

Mariah Nimmons
Jun 6, 20245 min read


A Moral Battle
On the heels of the Russian inauguration, ushering in Putin’s fifth term in office and marking a 25-year-long tenure of power and in the...

Mariah Nimmons
May 22, 20245 min read


Regional Agitations
Following the resolution of US aid for Ukraine, we journey back across the Atlantic to take the temperature in the post-Soviet sphere and...

Mariah Nimmons
May 8, 20244 min read


The Battles of Ukraine
If observers of the war were to agree on a descriptor for the latter half of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, it would likely be....

Mariah Nimmons
Apr 24, 20244 min read
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