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


Shaping Realities
We gain a more complete understanding of complex, emotionally charged subjects through consuming a diversity of perspectives. In doing so...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 26, 20234 min read


Are Emerging Technologies Changing Warfare?
In the aura of the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week we explore a new facet of warring. Long after bronze supplanted...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 19, 20234 min read


The Weight of Authoritarianism
Amidst news of Kim Jong Un’s impending visit to the Kremlin, the unveiling of a statue memorializing Soviet secret police founder in...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 12, 20234 min read


The Heart of War
This week we steer the collective gaze to war’s heart, the nation and people for whom war is most personal. Today’s collection weaves...

Mariah Nimmons
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Do Fences Make Good Neighbors?
Recent events draw our attention to the nations and peoples for whom the war is - if not in their backyard - across the street...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 29, 20234 min read


BRICS and the Breaking Glass
Speculation that Prigozhin was a passenger killed on an aircraft traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow today has stolen the headlines...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 22, 20234 min read


Confusion, Diffusion, Resolution?
The battle for ground, air and sea continue with military strikes of all kinds across Ukraine and into Russia's border towns. The stories...
tracktwo
Aug 16, 20233 min read


History, Overlap and Divorce
Below war’s surface, culture, history, and memory churn. The degree to which they are shared, to what extent they overlap, and their...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Environment Interrupted
Amidst discussion on the prospects for peace, experts mull the viability of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and tally the costs of war...

Mariah Nimmons
Aug 1, 20233 min read


Reality & Film Collide
Art and war converge with this weekend’s theatrical release of ‘Oppenheimer’ amid new reports from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Permission Granted?
Ukraine bombs the Russian bridge to Crimea, limiting transit of military vehicles; Russia bombs Odesa in retaliation; UK sanctions Russia...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 18, 20233 min read


The Disarming Act of Arming Ukraine
The NATO alliance contemplates Ukraine's membership and welcomes Sweden to the group. The NATO meeting in Lithuania is carefully...
tracktwo
Jul 11, 20233 min read


Keeping Sight of Ukraine
While we include many insightful pieces on that issue in today’s resources, it is imperative that we maintain sight of the Ukrainian pers...

Mariah Nimmons
Jul 5, 20235 min read


Making Sense of Mutiny
For months ratcheting tensions between Russian oligarch and Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and senior Russian military leaders have...

Mariah Nimmons
Jun 27, 20235 min read


Nuclear Temperatures Rise
Beneath the more conspicuous devastation wrought daily by this war, an even graver spectre lurks. From its outset, the risk of this...
Mariah Nimmons
Jun 20, 20235 min read


On Other Fronts - Culture and Information
Beyond the war’s physical front a second - but equally pervasive - battle rages on the frontlines of culture and information. The war is...

Mariah Nimmons
Jun 6, 20236 min read


Wagner's Wars
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page a week or more past the below date, pieces...

Mariah Nimmons
May 17, 20235 min read


The Indefatigable Ukraine
The Ukrainian counteroffensive approaches, and with it, our attention turns once more to the indefatigable country. Periodically, we...

Mariah Nimmons
May 10, 20235 min read


Africa Entwined
A NOTE: Our Russia-Ukraine Resources are updated weekly - if you're accessing the page a week or more past the below date, pieces...

Mariah Nimmons
May 3, 20236 min read


Mobilization As A Method Of Government
Viktor Erofeyev on 'Putin's perestroika' and the invasion of Ukraine.

Victor Erofeev
Apr 14, 20238 min read
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