Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 22, 2022

 

Jan D. Walter. DW: Why is the Donbas so important for Russia? 

The Russian army has regrouped and is concentrating its attacks on eastern Ukraine. So why exactly is Russian President Vladimir Putin interested in Luhansk and Donetsk? 

At the beginning of April, Russia suddenly withdrew its troops from the region around the capital Kyiv in northern Ukraine.

It apparently wanted to concentrate its forces on the Donbas in eastern Ukraine for a fresh offensive that began this week. 

Why is the region so crucial?  

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 22, 2022  

Russian Army Can Mount a Comeback in Ukraine -- Spencer-Churchill & Arslaner, 1945  

The Endless War in Ukraine -- Douglas Macgregor, 19FortyFive  

What If the War in Ukraine Doesn’t End? The Global Consequences of a Long Conflict -- Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs

EXPLAINER: What’s the impact if Europe cuts off Russian oil? -- AP 

 Ukraine: Three ways this war could escalate and drag Nato in -- Frank Gardner, BBC  

A Tale of Two Bears: Russian Experience in Syria and Ukraine -- Benjamin Arbitter and Kurt Carlson, Modern War Institute  

Why isn't Germany supplying Ukraine with heavy weapons? -- Rob Mudge, DW  

The Christian nationalism behind Putin’s war -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post  

Why Australia and the US care so much about China’s security pact with a tiny Pacific island nation -- Julia Hollingsworth, CNN  

China's bid for influence in Asia does not stop with Solomon Islands. This is how Beijing gained a foothold in Sri Lanka -- Avani Dias, ABC News Australia  

Why China Isn't Backing Away From Russia Alignment -- Hanns Maull, The Diplomat  

Changing China’s Strategic Calculations Over North Korea -- Daniel M. Kolkey, RCD  

Struggling to survive in cash-starved Afghanistan -- Secunder Kermani, BBC News  

U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave -- Michael Crowley, New York Times  

Was Sun Tzu an Inept Strategist? -- John Sullivan, War Room Army College



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