Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hopefully this is a lesson to everybody, and it will reinforce people's sense of why it is a good thing to live in a liberal society.
What you have seen in Ukraine, though, is a transformative moment, and that transformative moment came in 2014 when Russia invaded the country.
There has been recent reports that Russia will be bringing in even more mercenaries or private security companies to support its forces in Ukraine.
The problem is, would Russia potentially try to use either chemical, nuclear or biological weapons as a way of upending the dynamic on the battlefield?
The question is whether the escalation of the rhetoric will lead to an escalation of Putin's military actions in Ukraine or possibly directly against Europe or the United States for example in the form of a cyberattack.
They have been rattling the nuclear saber since 2014. Putin has enjoyed doing it since the invasion of Crimea in 2014.
This is the largest ICBM ever seen in North Korea and it is actually so large that it's the largest liquid propellant missile that's ever been launched from a transporter erector launcher
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 141 of the UN’s 193 member states voted to condemn the action. But the Kremlin isn’t without its allies. Four nations voted with Russia against the resolution (Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Eritrea) and another 35 abstained.
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine weighs in on Vladimir Putin’s war against the country, as well as Donald Trump’s past attacks on her character.
China appears to be trying to balance between strategic partnership on one hand and its claim that it adheres to important principles of non-interference, territorial integrity, and state sovereignty.