We're not even a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine that doesn't seem to have a standard name yet. The Ukraine War? The Russo-Ukraine War? Because conventional wisdom in the NATO countries was assuming since the Russian buildup of troops against Ukraine started late last year that the Russians' most likely goal was some new agreements over Ukraine and NATO expansion, we didn't have the months of blowhard rhetoric and elaborate political posturing that we saw, for instance, in the runups to the Gulf War of 1991, the Iraq War, or even the Libyan intervention of 2011. So individuals and parties are still scrambling to orient themselves in what is still a fast-changing situation.
The first week of the Ukraine war
The first week of the Ukraine war
The first week of the Ukraine war
We're not even a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine that doesn't seem to have a standard name yet. The Ukraine War? The Russo-Ukraine War? Because conventional wisdom in the NATO countries was assuming since the Russian buildup of troops against Ukraine started late last year that the Russians' most likely goal was some new agreements over Ukraine and NATO expansion, we didn't have the months of blowhard rhetoric and elaborate political posturing that we saw, for instance, in the runups to the Gulf War of 1991, the Iraq War, or even the Libyan intervention of 2011. So individuals and parties are still scrambling to orient themselves in what is still a fast-changing situation.