Can treaties end the war in Ukraine?

A peace treaty ending Russia’s disastrous war against Ukraine will be hard to draft because Russia has never declared war, despite waging more than a decade of aggression against its democratic, western-leaning neighbour.

Ukraine needs NATO and NATO needs Ukraine

Putin objects to Ukraine’s future membership of NATO not because he fears a western invasion of Russia, but because NATO membership would preclude further incursions and annexations of Ukrainian land.

Hang tough in Ukraine

If a blame narrative gains traction in Ukraine, it could deepen internal divisions and jeopardise the nation’s democratic future. Russia stands to benefit from such disinformation, amplifying a “stab-in-the-back” myth to shift responsibility for the war onto the West.

Let’s arm Ukraine

The long-overdue announcement that Australia will give 49 surplus M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine is welcome and should be followed by larger and more regular deliveries of arms to help drive out the Russian invaders.

Ukraine wins if Harris wins

Despite some brave words, US support for Ukraine has been timid in the extreme, so would a Kamala Harris Presidency finally furnish Ukraine with the weapons they need to win?

Exposing Putin’s lapdogs

Tom Switzer and John Mearsheimer are just the latest in a long line of Western apologists for Russia’s thuggish imperialism.

A warning from history

In his new book, Australian historian Dennis Glover argues the West must must “arm Ukraine and defend international law” to avoid repeating the appeasement and vacillation which led to the Second World War.

Drones over Ukraine

Ukraine has proved the worth of cheap, modified consumer drones on the battlefield against the Russian invaders.

The first battle for Kursk

Ukrainian forces have humiliated the Russian army in Kursk, where Soviet forces once overcame the last big German push on the Eastern front in the Second World War.

Ukraine belongs in NATO

Apologists for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine point to Ukraine’s aspirations to join NATO as justification, but this argument is as fallacious as Putin’s war is brutal.

Ukraine and the West must win together

Ukraine’s surprise attack on Kursk is yet another humiliation for President Putin but it will take continuing Western support for the war to be won.

How Ukraine sank Russia’s navy

Ukraine has resisted the Russian invasion on land and in the air, but its most surprising successes have come in a theater where few expected Ukraine to prevail: the Black Sea.