What I'm reading on Ukraine
A source guide
Best backgrounders:
The Atlantic: “Russian Invasion of Ukraine” at https://www.theatlantic.com/category/russias-invasion-ukraine/
The New Yorker: “Ukraine,” at https://www.newyorker.com/tag/ukraine
Foreign Affairs: “Ukraine News and Analysis,” at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/regions/ukraine
Best updates:
Mother Jones: “Message from an American Fighting in Ukraine,” at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/a-message-from-an-american-fighting-in-ukraine/
The Guardian: “Ukraine War Latest News,” at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/05/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-nato-gives-green-light-to-bombing-with-lack-of-no-fly-zone-says-zelenskiy
The Economist: “Ukraine in Crisis,” at https://www.economist.com/ukraine-crisis
The Associated Press: “Latest News on Ukraine,” at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
Reuters: “Ukraine,” at https://www.reuters.com/places/ukraine
Financial Times: “War in Ukraine,” at https://www.ft.com/war-in-ukraine
What are your best sources of information on Ukraine?
Shouldn't we be thinking about the terms on which this might be ended? Like it or not, this is going to require some compromise. Admittedly, negotiating and compromising with Putin in the face of his brutal assault on Ukraine is hard to think about, but the Ukrainians aren't going to defeat him militarily and we aren't going to fight him ourselves. Sanctions are raising the cost to Putin, but the likelihood that they will force him to withdraw in the near future seems small. Anatol Lieven sketches what a negotiated peace might look like in The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/us
Professor, Thank you for letting us know what you’re reading relative to Ukraine. If I may, in response to yesterday’s uneasy exchanges among certain subscribers, some may appreciate the following piece from The New Republic (March 4, 2022): “The American Pundits Who Can’t Resist ‘Westsplaining’ Ukraine,” Jan Smolenski and Jan Dutkiewicz.