Lessons for Ukraine

As representatives of the United States and Russia hold talks on the terms for peace between Ukraine and Russia without inviting Ukraine to participate as its own fate is decided, it is worth drawing parallels with the Irish settlement in 1921.

Trump’s deal with the devil

Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ for Ukraine would reward Russian aggression, give Putin time to rearm and deny Ukraine the protection of NATO to resist a future assault.

Don’t hand Putin victory

Donald Trump’s eagerness to sign a piece of paper declaring ‘peace in our time’ and Putin’s determination to absorb Ukraine and obliterate its status as a nation state means Ukrainians face a grim future.

Trump’s “peace” deal will doom Ukraine but save Russia

Donald Trump’s determination to end support for Ukraine and hand victory to Russia comes at a time when Russia’s military effort is nearing collapse.

A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin

Kyiv holds its breath as Americans look set to decide the likely outcome of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion at the ballot box.

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.

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?

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.

Ukraine strikes back

Ukraine’s surprise attack on Kursk has taken more Russian territory in a week than the Russians have gained in a year, and proves the Ukraine can win the war if given the weapons and permissions it needs to defeat Vladimir Putin.

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.