Laurence ClaussenSep 4, 202211 minThe past is never dead. It's not even past. Russian Nationalism and Ukraine.In 2018, Serhii Plokhy, Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard, published Lost Kingdom, an intellectual and cultural history of...
Laurence ClaussenMay 20, 20224 minWhy Russia's invasion is driving the world apart...and pushing it back in timeLast summer, I wrote about how both the United States and China were pushing for autarky (self-sufficiency), trying to uncouple their...
Laurence ClaussenMar 6, 20224 minWar is the harbinger of the unknownThere have been other wars in the 21st century. Some have been low-burning, drawn-out slugfests between insurgents and counterinsurgents....
Laurence ClaussenJan 29, 20224 minGeopolitical empathy: Ukraine's final lesson?About a month and a half ago, I wrote an article on the crisis in Ukraine. The point of that piece was to sum-up the main lessons of the...