ENERGY SECURITYCan Germany Wean Itself Off Russian Gas? By Nik Martin and Insa Wrede Published 29 March 2022 Experts are divided on how quickly Germany could cut imports of Russian energy and stop funding President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. How vulnerable would such a move leave Europe’s largest economy? Germany remains under intense pressure to

ENERGY SECURITYWhat Does It Mean to Be Energy Independent? Published 29 March 2022 “‘Energy independence’ is a political slogan, not an economic or technical concept with a clear definition,” Berkeley’s Andrew Campbell says. “I understand that politicians use the term ‘energy independence’ to imply that a country is insulated from global energy markets. However, this

DOOMSDAYWith Threats of Nuclear War and Climate Disaster Growing, America’s “Bunker Fantasy” Is Woefully Inadequate By David L. Pike Published 29 March 2022 Faced with a Congress unwilling to fund large-scale sheltering measures — although in Europe and elsewhere, vast public shelters were built, the community bomb shelter was almost universally rejected in the U.S.

ARGUMENT: PROXY WARA Proxy War in Ukraine Is the Worst Possible Outcome – Except for All the Others Published 28 March 2022 The United States and its European allies clearly said that they will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine. Sam Winter-Levy writes that these statements obscured an important truth: The United States

OUR PICKS: WAR IN UKRAINE – MILITARY ASPECTSAvoiding NATO-Russia War | Why Deterrence Failed in Ukraine | Putin: Inept Strategist, and more Published 28 March 2022 ·  Kulminatsionny Moment? ·  Tacit Rules to Avoid a NATO-Russia War ·  The False Promise of Arming Insurgents: America’s Spotty Record Warrants Caution in Ukraine ·  How Russia’s Revamped Military Fumbled the

QUICK TAKES // BY BEN FRANKELUkraine War: Four Weeks On, Pt. 1 Published 28 March 2022 The end of the war is not yet clear, but certain patterns have emerged which are as clear as they are surprising, chief among them the sheer breadth of Putin’s miscalculations. The Russian forces have not been well-prepared for

POPULATION DECLINEWar Could See Ukraine’s Population Fall by a Third Published 28 March 2022 Ukraine’s population could decline by a third over the next two decades as a result of the Russian invasion, researchers say. The population of Ukraine is also likely to become proportionately older over time with continued large-scale emigration the longer the

UKRAINE’S ECONOMYThe Ukrainian Economy: Where Now for the Future? Published 28 March 2022 An expert has warned that the impact of the war will be disastrous for the Ukrainian economy, regardless of the outcome. “War will always have a catastrophic impact. As you’d expect, production is collapsing, and the economy has given up percentages of

HUMANITARIAN CRISISHow Bad Is Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis? By Diana Roy Published 28 March 2022 Russia’s assault on Ukraine could create as many as seven million refugees. Experts say the war could soon become Europe’s largest humanitarian crisis since the 1990s. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has created the largest humanitarian crisis Europe has seen

EXTREMISTSRussia-Ukraine War Splits Germany’s Far-Right By Ben Knight Published 28 March 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has left Germany’s neo-Nazis confused: Should they support the authoritarian Russian leader or far-right nationalists fighting on the Ukrainian side? Germany’s far-right political parties and fringe groups are struggling to agree on a position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,