Best of the fortnight - 25 February 2022
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Each fortnight BISA Director, Juliet Dryden, scours the internet for IR-related content that might interest you. Here she brings you this week's best readings and podcasts to keep you up to date with what's happening around the world.
The Ukraine crisis
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changes everything. Jeremy Cliffe in the New Statesman
- Calamity again: no nation is forced to repeat its past. But something familiar is taking place in Ukraine. Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic
- How Putin’s Ukraine invasion could change NATO, Europe and the world. Robert Kagan in The Washington Post
- The day after Russia attacks. What war in Ukraine would look like and how America should respond. Alexander Vindman and Dominic Cruz Bustillos in Foreign Affairs
- Vladimir Putin’s war: history will judge him harshly. A view from the Economist
- Ukraine is more than a pawn in a geopolitical game. Jonathan Lis for Prospect Magazine
- Pipeline politics: what happens if Putin cuts off Europe’s gas? Martin Vander Weyer for the Spectator
- How much will the West sacrifice for Ukraine? Tom McTague in the Atlantic
- This is Putin’s war but America and NATO are not innocent bystanders. Thomas L Friedman in The New York Times
- The crushing loss of hope in Ukraine. Masha Gessen in the New Yorker
- China’s Ukraine crisis. What Xi gains and loses from backing Putin. Jude Blanchette and Bonny Lin in Foreign Affairs
- Ukraine crisis poses danger for China but also opportunity. Vincent Ni in The Guardian
- The history behind Russia’s claim that NATO promised not to expand to the East. Gavin E L Hall for The Conversation
- How Russia has upgraded its military strategy by drawing deep on history. Andrew Monaghan for Engelsberg Ideas
- Putin’s invasion of Ukraine attacks its distinct history and reveals his imperial instincts. Olivia Durand in The Conversation.
In other news…
- Eve of the foreign policy revolution: the growth of feminine influence in foreign policy. Marissa Conway for the World Today
- Fanning the flames: Eric Zemmour, a new force on the French right. Arun Kapil for the London Review of Books
- The revolt of the European masses: the disintegration of accountability in supra-national politics. Janne Haaland Matlary for Engelsberg Ideas
- Podcast: The Meaning of Macron. Can anything or anyone stop Macron? Why has French politics moved so far to the right? Listen to TALKING POLITICS
- Iran nuclear deal: to reset relations with Tehran, Biden must overcome a log legacy of mistrust at home. Andrew Payne and Louise Fawcett for The Conversation
- How the occupation fuels Tel Aviv’s booming AI sector. Israeli hones invasive surveillance technology on Palestinians before it is exported abroad. Sophia Goodfriend for Foreign Policy
- Latin America looks East. As Washington idles, China is cutting deals. Brian Winter in Foreign Affairs
- Stupid questions. US special forces. Laleh Khalili for the London Review of Books
- Chile’s Bold Adventure in Democracy: Ariel Dorfman in the New York Review of Books
- Covid’s Economic Mutations: Adam Tooze and Bruno Maçães’s argument that the pandemic was best handled by societies with top-down social control, hasn’t aged well. Paul Krugman in the New York Review of Books
- Women who helped shape our world. A celebration of women who have had a lasting impact on international affairs from the World Today.
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