Published in War In Ukraine·PinnedMember-onlyNATO Strong: Assessment for the Week of 10-16 MayQuick links Here is the ISW assessment for 15 May 2022. Putin is Perfectly Rational — An examination of Putin’s mindset Ukraine is Not Afghanistan (Part 2 of 2) — Comparing outcomes of NATO’s training missions in Afghanistan and Ukraine Then and Now: Resistance Against Putin — How resistance to Putin’s aggression…Russia6 min readRussia6 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·PinnedMember-onlyChallenging Questions about the War in Ukraine: A Q&AIntro Shortly after starting my posts about the Russo-Ukraine War, a friend of mine asked me if I would like to participate in his website, realcavsfans.com, as a guest poster on the political thread. Of course, I said, “yes”. One of the threads he posted was a Q&A thread, and below…Ukraine16 min readUkraine16 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 15, 2022Member-onlyPutin is Perfectly RationalBefore you spit out your coffee, give it second, and keep reading. In the not so distant past, there was a country with a significant migration problem. People with one linguistic, cultural and religious tradition settled a frontier region belonging to a country with separate linguistic, cultural and religious traditions…Russia4 min readRussia4 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 14, 2022Member-onlyThen and Now: Resistance Against PutinMedium.com is an interesting platform. In addition to providing a pretty easy blogging platform for writers, it has all of the Twitter-esque trolls and Facebook-like rants one could ever want. So, just as on the larger social media platforms, there is a war of public opinion playing out on Medium…Russia8 min readRussia8 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 12, 2022Member-onlyUkraine is not Afghanistan (Part 2 of 2)In Part 1 of this series, we began to address the invalid comparisons of the NATO training missions in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and discussed reasons why the training mission in Afghanistan was a resounding failure. In this part of the series, we’ll discuss many of the differences between Afghanistan and…Ukraine6 min readUkraine6 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 10, 2022Member-onlyRusso-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 2 to 9 May — Victory Day SpecialSo, I delayed this update for two reasons. First, the status of the Makarov was still unknown, despite the Ukrainian MoD claiming that they sunk it. Second, today was the much anticipated Victory Day Parade in Red Square, and the world has been holding its collective breath to see what…Russia5 min readRussia5 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 3, 2022Member-onlySpoiler Alert: Ukraine is not Afghanistan (part 1)This may come as a shock to some, but Ukraine is not Afghanistan (if you are here and reading this, you probably already know that). While this is a statement of the grotesquely obvious, it seems to need repeating for the pundits who are marveling at the success of US/NATO…Ukraine5 min readUkraine5 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·May 2, 2022Member-onlyRusso-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 26 April to 1 MayFifth Gen war will be fought with the best Third Gen weapons money can buy. Overview Here is the latest ISW assessment for 1 May 2022. The bulk of the fighting remains centered around Donbass, Mariupol and Kershon, and there is some lingering Russian presence around Kharkiv. A Ukrainian rocket strike…Russia5 min readRussia5 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·Apr 27, 2022Member-onlyRusso-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 17 April to 25AprilNote: this is a somewhat shorter update than I had originally intended due to work and personal commitments. Overview: Here is the ISW assessment for 25 April. So… Russia is still doing Russia things and doing them badly. At this point the only thing surprising about this is how often we…Ukraine4 min readUkraine4 min read
Published in War In Ukraine·Apr 17, 2022Member-onlyRusso-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 11 April to 16 AprilOverview: Here is the ISW assessment for 15 April. Eight weeks into the war and things have gone from bad to awful to terrible to catastrophic to $%@#&#!!! for Russia. There are so many things happening with the war at the moment, and with so much to sift through, this…Russia4 min readRussia4 min read
