Commentary and Analysis by SAIS Faculty on Russia's War in Ukraine

Western Aid to Ukraine Is Still Not Enough. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 1/17/23

What Russia's Claim on the Capture of Soledar Means for Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed on NPR, 1/16/23 

Big Lesson of the Ukraine War: There’s Only One Superpower. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 1/12/23

In Every Modern War, Ukraine Has Been the Big Prize.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Opinion: I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era. Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 1/1/23 

Russia responds to Zelenskyy’s visit by accusing the U.S. of a proxy war in Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed on NPR, 12/22/22

Autocrats Are Weaponizing Globalization. Ukraine Is Where They Must Be Stopped. Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Peter Pomerantsev wrote in TIME, 12/21/22 

Is Putin Finally Getting Smart About His Ukraine Disaster? Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 12/14/22 

What Putin's War in Ukraine Reveals About Russia—and the Likely Path Ahead.  Robert E. Osgood Eliot Cohen wrote in The Wall Street Journal, 12/13/22  

A Putin Nuclear Strike on Ukraine? A Chinese Attack Against Taiwan? How the US Prepares for Global Nightmares. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John E. McLaughlin wrote in GRID, 12/12/22 

Attacks on Russia Test the Limits of US-Ukraine Alliance. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 12/6/22  

Ukraine’s Victories May Become a Problem for the U.S.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 11/27/22  

The Russian Empire Must Die. Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 11/14/22 

West Should Not Be Seeking Russia’s Demise.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko Interviewed by Kathimerini, 11/3/22 

Putin's War Has Exacted a Terrible Toll on Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Spectator, 10/30/22  

The Words About Ukraine That Americans Need to Hear.  Robert E. Osgood Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 10/22/22 

Germany is Arguing With Itself Over Ukraine.  Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 10/20/22 

The Uncomfortable Need to Talk About Diplomacy With Russia.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands quoted in The Washington Post, 10/19/22 

Russia’s Setback in Samarkand. Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics Richard Pomfret wrote in The Eurasia Review, 10/18/22 

Putin's Crazy Game. Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Kissinger Center Josef Joffe wrote in Project Syndicate, 10/10/22 

Putin Might Lose the War. What Would That Look Like for Russia, Ukraine and the World?   Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin wrote in The Grid, 10/10/22 

Coups in the Kremlin.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in Foreign Affairs, 9/22/22  

Take Putin’s Nuclear Threat Seriously, But Not Too Seriously.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 9/22/22  

The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis.  Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 9/21/22 

Putin Is Cornered. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 9/20/22 

Putin’s Regime Faces the Fate of His Kerch Strait Bridge.  Robert E. Osgood Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 9/9/22 

Russia and The Question of Legitimacy: A Symposium, Part IV. American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and Resident Professor of Political Science Adam K. Webb contributed commentary, 8/29/22 

Russian State TV's False Narratives. Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies and Professor of Strategic Studies Thomas Rid interviewed by On the Media Podcast, 08/26/22 

Russia’s war in Ukraine is How the Soviet Union Finally Ends.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 08/17/22 

Narratives, Propaganda & 'Smart ' Power in The Ukraine Conflict, Part 1: Narrative Clash. Senior Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies David W. Ellwood wrote in the USC Center for Public Diplomacy Blog, 07/19/22 

Ukraine's Coming Attack Could Win or Lose the War. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 08/2/22 

There’s a German word For How Others See the Country’s Gas Crisis: Schadenfreude. Matthias Matthijs wrote in The Washington Post, 07/26/22 

Scenarios for European Union Enlargement. Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies and Academic Director of Public Policy and Global Risk Michael Leigh wrote in Geopolitical Intelligence Services, 07/25/22 

Food Could Be The Ultimate Weapon of the 21st Century.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in The Washington Post, 07/18/22 

On GPS: Putin Turns to Iran. Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali R. Nasr interviewed by Dr. Fareed Zakaria on CNN, 07/17/22 

Back to the Future: The Classic Cold War Conundrum is Back.  Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary E. Sarotte wrote in Financial Review, 07/14/22 

Keeping Putin’s Nuclear Threat From Launching an Arms Race.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 07/11/22 

Explaining Turkish Foreign Policy Moves in the Context of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz co-wrote for the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies Network Perspectives in the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, 07/7/22 

The Other Lessons the U.S. Army Should Learn From Ukraine. Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow at the Merrill Center David Barno and Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center Nora Bensahel wrote in the War on the Rocks, 07/27/22  

Let’s Use Chicago Rules to Beat Russia. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 07/6/22

NATO Enlargement and Turkey's Change of Stand. Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy, and the Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Program Sinisa Vukovic interviewed on Aljazeera Balkans, 07/4/22 

'As Long as it Takes': Biden Pledges Support to Ukraine.  Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary E. Sarotte interviewed on MSNBC's Morning Joe, 06/30/22 

Helping Hands: International Institutions in the War in Ukraine.  Edward B Burling Chair in International Law Obiora C. Okafor interviewed by The Looking Glass Podcast, 06/30/22 

The West Must Move East for NATO to Survive. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 06/29/22 

The Other Big Lessons that the U.S. Army Should Learn From Ukraine. Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow at the Merrill Center David Barno and Norah Bensahel wrote in War on the Rocks, 06/27/22 

Seeing the Russian Military Clearly.  Robert E. Osgood Eliot Cohen interviewed by American Purpose podcast, 06/22/22 

As War Drags on in Ukraine, Is It Time to Talk Compromise? Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum joined a panel discussion on NPR (Illinois), 06/21/22  

Assessing Russia’s War in Ukraine. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen and Adjunct Lecturer of Strategic Studies Seth G. Jones joined a panel discussion at The Center for Strategic and International Studies, 06/16/22 

Sweden’s Faux Neutrality Couldn’t Survive Putin’s Ukraine War. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 06/15/22 

The War in Ukraine under the Nuclear Shadow. Francis J. Gavin spoke at The University of Oslo Nuclear Project, 06/13/22 

It is in the Best Interests of Ukraine, and the West, to End this War as Soon as Possible. Adjunct Lecturer of European Studies Christopher S. Chivvis wrote in The Guardian, 06/09/22 

A Long War in Ukraine Could Bring Global Chaos.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 06/9/22   

Worldview: Reflections on War — The World Remade. Francis J. Gavin interviewed by Worldview: Engelsberg Ideas Podcast, 06/1/22 

Ukraine and the Words that Lead to Mass Murder. Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, June 2022 Issue 

Opinion on President Biden's decision to send Longer-range Missiles to Ukraine. Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center Nora Bensahel interviewed on Bloomberg Radio, 06/1/22 

Moscow Slashes Interest Rates in a Bid to Get the Economy Back on Track.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed on NPR, 05/27/22 

Putin Shot Himself in the Foot. Thomas Rid interviewed in Die Presse, 05/27/22 

Who Perseveres, Wins. Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 05/24/22 

Why Russia Needs to be Humiliated in Ukraine. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in The Spectator, 05/15/22 

World World II is All That Putin Has Left.  Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 05/11/22 

What Victory Will Look Like in Ukraine.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 05/11/22 

Morning Joe: Putin Tries to Justify War in Victory Day Speech.  Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary E. Sarotte was interviewed on MSNBC's Morning Joe, 05/09/22 

Balance of Power: No Clear Signal for Putin's Next Move. Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center Nora Bensahel was interviewed by the Bloomberg Balance of Power Podcast, 05/09/22 

Interview on Ukraine. Professorial Lecturer and SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow Jeffrey F. Pryce was interviewed on Oscar Haza on Radio Z92.3, 05/04/22 

NATO Could be Enlarging. What Does that Mean for Russia?  Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary E. Sarotte interviewed by the 1A NPR Podcast, 05/02/22 

How NATO Expansion Happened in the 90s. Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary E. Sarotte was interviewed on WBUR "On Point" Podcast, 04/27/22 

Some Countries Belong on the Sidelines of Cold War 2. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 04/27/22 

The US Needs a New Approach to Producing Weapons. Just Look at Ukraine. Senior Research Professor and Co-Director, Master of Arts in Strategy, Cyber, and Intelligence Thomas G. Mahnken wrote in Defense News, 04/26/22 

What's Next for Ukraine, Russia & Europe. Associate Professor of International Political Economy Matthias Matthijs was interviewed by the Council on Foreign Relations on Twitterspaces, 04/25/22 

The War will go on until Russia Essentially Cannibalizes Ukraine, Professor Says.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko was interviewed on NPR, 04/22 

Putin's Struggles in Ukraine May Embolden Xi on Taiwan. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 04/21/22 

John McLaughlin on Russia's World Changing War. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin was interviewed on CBS News Radio Intelligence Matters Podcast with Michael Morell, 04/20/22 

Opinion: Odesa and Putin's Imperial Dream. Interim Vice Dean for Education and Faculty Affairs and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies Kent E. Calder wrote in Kyodo News, 04/19/22 

The Politics of Calling the Russia-Ukraine War a Genocide.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed on NPR, 04/19/22 

Is the Invasion of Ukraine "Genocide"? The German Movement that Historians are Paying Attention to.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed on Asahi Shimbun (Japan), 04/19/22 

Ukraine Using Facial Recognition to ID Dead Russian Soldiers, Sending Photos to Their Mothers. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin was interviewed on CNN's Don Lemon Tonight, 04/18/22 

"Now Putin wants to destroy Ukraine".  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed on N-TV (Germany), 04/17/22 

Liberation Without Victory: Volodymyr Zelensky.  Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum co-wrote in The Atlantic, 04/15/22 

What is Genocide? And are we Seeing it in Ukraine?  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed on RTE Radio (Ireland), 04/13/22 

War's Decisive Moment.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen was interviewed by the CSIS Podcast, 04/13/22 

Eliot Cohen Says U.S. Should Reopen Embassy in Kyiv.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen was interviewed by the Limited Liability Podcast, 04/13/22 

Realism and Idealism Point the Same Way.  Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute Daniel Serwer wrote in Peacefare.net, 04/13/22 

Lessons from the Soviets on How to Hold Russia Accountable for War Crimes.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel wrote in the Los Angeles Times, 04/13/22 

What China Can Learn from German History. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Radchenko and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte wrote in Foreign Affairs, 04/12/22 

This is the War's Decisive Moment.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 04/12/22 

Historian Finkel: “Massacres of Civilians in Ukraine Are Genocide Because They Affect National Identity.” Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed by Adnkronos, 04/11/22 

Don Lemon Tonight: Russia-Ukraine.  Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin was interviewed on CNN, 04/11/22 

A Former Bush Adviser: "Weakened on the ground, the Russian army could lose this war".  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen was interviewed in L'Express, 04/10/22 

How Should the U.S. Handle China and Russia's Growing Alliance?  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands interviewed on NPR, 04/09/22 

Kremlin Wants to Erase Ukrainian "Identity". What is Happening "is a genocide".  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed on TSF Radio, 04/07/22 

Ukraine-Russia War: Putin Has Fallen Victim to the Dictator's Disease.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 04/07/22 

Ukraine and the Meaning of This War.   Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen was interviewed in the National Review, 04/07/22 

"The Threshold of Genocide Has Been Reached".  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed in Die Zeit, 04/06/22 

Killings in Ukraine Amount to Genocide, Holocaust Expert Says.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed in The Independent, 04/06/22 

Is Russia Committing Genocide?   Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed in Der Spiegel, 04/06/22 

Yes, This Is Genocide.   Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 04/06/22 

Opposing China Means Defeating Russia.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Policy, 04/05/22 

What's Happening in Ukraine is a Genocide. Period.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel wrote in The Washington Post, 04/05/22 

Russia Committing Genocide in Ukraine, Says Holocaust Expert.  Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel was interviewed in Newsweek, 04/05/22 

Inside China's Russian Sympathy Campaign.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko was interviewed on MSNBC, 04/05/22 

World War II, Ukraine and the Future of Conflict. Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Senior Fellow of the Kissinger Center Josef Joffe wrote in The New York Times, 04/04/22 

Putin's Ukraine Invasion Showed Biden's Failure at Deterrence.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 04/03/22 

'Tectonic Shifts': How Putin's War Will Change the World. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin wrote in Grid News, 04/01/22 

As Putin Falls Into an 'Autocracy Trap', Signs of a Strategic Communications Campaign by the West? Senior Fellow of International Affairs at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum interviewed on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 03/31/22 

Why Can't We Admit That Ukraine Is Winning?  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 03/21/22 

Iron Dome and Beyond: Israel Can, and Must, Save Lives in Ukraine.   Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs and Academic and Faculty Liaison Eugene Finkel wrote in Haaretz, 03/20/22 

Enraged Putin.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen and Adjunct Lecturer of Strategic Studies Seth Jones interviewed by the CSIS "Truth of the Matter" Podcast, 03/18/22 

Why You Haven't Heard About the Secret Cyberwar in Ukraine. Director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies and Professor of Strategic Studies Thomas Rid wrote in The New York Times, 03/18/22 

Op-Ed Calling for Turkey to Transfer its S-400s to Ukraine Completely Misses the Mark. Assistant Professor of European and Eurasian Studies Lisel Hintz was interviewed by The Greek Current Podcast, 03/18/22 

A Losing and Desperate Putin Could Be Terrifying. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 03/17/22 

Russia's War in Ukraine Has NATO on Alert. Here's How We Got to This Point. Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte interviewed on "Fresh Air" in NPR, 03/17/22 

Opinion: The U.S. Is the Only Sanctions Superpower. It Must Use That Power. Henry Farrell wrote in The New York Times, 03/16/22 

A New Diplomatic Off-Ramp for Russia. SAIS Europe Adjunct Professor Richard Wilcox wrote in Politico, 03/16/22 

America's Hesitation is Heartbreaking.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 03/14/22 

Back to the Cold War? An Interview with Sergey Radchenko.  Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed in the Real News Network, 03/14/22 

Putin's Biggest Lie: Blaming NATO for His War.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 03/13/22 

Russia's Nuclear Option.  Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs Francis J. Gavin interviewed in the JHU Hub, 03/11/22 

We Call on Biden to Reject Reckless Demands for a No-fly Zone.  Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow at the Merrill Center David Barno and Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow of the Merrill Center Nora Bensahel signed an open letter published in The Guardian, 03/11/22 

China Placed a Losing Bet on Vladimir Putin.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 03/10/22 

Putin is Losing — But Risks of a NATO-Russian War Are Growing. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin wrote in Grid News, 03/10/22 

Don Lemon Tonight | Pressures Building on Putin in Russia.  Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies John McLaughlin interviewed on CNN, 03/10/22 

How the West Can Win.  Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 03/07 

Aiding a Ukrainian Insurgency Would Be Painful and Costly. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 03/06/22 

On the Hill: Putin's Next Steps. SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow Dan Hamilton interviewed on Fox5 News, 03/06/22 

Opinion: We Are Not at War with the Russian People. Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs Yascha Mounk wrote in The Washington Post, 03/04/22 

Did Putin Miscalculate the Military Challenge Russia Would Face in Ukraine? Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko interviewed on NPR, 03/04/22 

Ukrainian-Russian Negotiations.  Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy, and the Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Program Siniša Vuković interviewed in the JHU SAIS Europe Journal of International Affairs Analyst Interview Project, 03/03/22 

Putin Reminds Biden that Nuclear Deterrence Works.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 03/02/22 

The Impossible Suddenly Became Possible. Senior Fellow of International Affairs and Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute Anne Applebaum wrote in The Atlantic, 03/01/22 

Cometh the Man, Cometh the Hour: Why Did so Many Observers Misjudge Putin and Zelensky? Robert E. Osgood Professor Eliot A. Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 03/01/22 

 Opinion: I’m a Cold War Historian. We’re in a Frightening New Era. Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies Mary Sarotte wrote in The New York Times, 03/01/22 

Place-Based Strategies for Reviving America. Professorial Lecturer Seth Kaplan wrote in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2022 

How Putin Destroyed the Three Myths of America's Global Order.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 02/28/22 

UN Experts Call for End to Russian Aggression Against Ukraine and Urgent Protection of Human Rights. Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law Obiora C. Okafor contributed to a United Nations Office of Human Rights statement, 02/28/22 

Vukovic: Serbia Has Shown That its Relationship with Russia is a Priority in Relation to the EU. Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy, and the Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Program Siniša Vuković interviewed on Al Jazeera Balkans, 02/25/22 

The Eurasian Nightmare: Chinese-Russian Convergence and the Future of American Order.  Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Foreign Affairs, 02/25/22 

Putin's Ukraine Invasion Will Not Stay in Ukraine. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg Opinion, 02/24/22 

Moscow Musings on Brinksmanship from Stalin to Putin. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor Sergey Radchenko wrote in War on the Rocks, 02/22/22 

Will the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine Escalate? Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy and Director of the Master of Arts in Global Policy Siniša Vuković interviewed on Al Jazeera Balkans, 02/17/22