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Once there were a few voices in the wilderness but, now, 80 countries at a Swiss summit have called for negotiations to end the two-year war between Russia and Ukraine. With Russia not in attendance, their representatives to the conference insisted that any peace plan must rest on Ukraine’s “territorial integrity.” That demand is thoroughly…

O professor de Ciência Política da Universidade de Rutgers e codiretor do Conselho Internacional de Diplomacia e Diálogo esteve em Lisboa para os Mafra Dialogues. Ao DN falou de como a guerra na Ucrânia está a ser vista nos EUA, das comparações com o conflito entre Israel e o Hamas, e dos cenários das presidenciais…

As the third year of the Russo-Ukraine War continues, Ukraine is increasingly imperiled. Shoved off the front pages by the crises in the Middle East, there is mounting opposition in the United States to extending further aid. Its valiant resistance against a seemingly far more powerful fascist invader has been tainted by shake-ups in its…

Anti-Semitism has always had its ebbs and flows, But a bitter past teaches that it is always latent, and today it is resurgent. In the wake of October 7 2023 when Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacked Israel, butchering 1200 mostly young people, and taking more than 250 hostages. Israel responded by bombing Gaza into oblivion,…

Too many find themselves in a moral quandary while others are celebrating a supposed act of “resistance” against Israeli imperialism by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, with the help of Iran. In fact, this pre-emptive strike was an act of war pure and simple, and if spectators can’t see the difference then they should buy new…

Greater cooperation between the superpowers could lead them to exercise equitable pressure on Ukraine and Russia to negotiate in earnest. Germany’s “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck coined the famous phrase that “politics is the art of the possible.” Political realism rests on that assumption. But the possible is not always self-evident. As with the Russo-Ukraine…

Germany’s “Iron Chancellor”, Otto von Bismarck, coined the famous phrase that “politics is the art of the possible”. Political realism rests on that assumption. But the possible is not always self-evident. As with the Russo-Ukraine War, clarifying it requires a bit of imagination. Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive has produced only modest territorial gains at considerable expense.…

In this morally just war is it really moral to keep demanding useless sacrifices? The first anniversary of a nightmare has passed, and it probably won’t be the last. The body bags are multiplying day by day. Russian military losses are staggering, well over 100,000 killed or wounded. Ukraine has suffered over 20,000 casualties, many…

Not to talk about peace is to perpetuate war—pure and simple—and that is something the people of Russia and Ukraine cannot afford. The Russo-Ukrainian War drags on like a bad dream. Admittedly, there are slight glimmers of hope: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated his readiness to participate in an international peace conference; but Ukraine must firstrecognize Russian annexations, especially Crimea…

Not to talk about peace is to perpetuate war—pure and simple—and that is something the people of Russia and Ukraine cannot afford.The Russo-Ukrainian War drags on like a bad dream. Admittedly, there are slight glimmers of hope: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated his readiness to participate in an international peace conference; but Ukraine must firstrecognize…