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My latest: why there can be no "peace through business" approach to Putin's Russia. The history is clear. Commerce doesn't tame hostile autocracies: it transfers power, technology, and $ into the hands of dictators who use it to destroy. thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Panel 2: Ecocide & Environmental Crime was v good, esp Milena Serio explaining the legal implications of the international draft definition of ecocide, w/ @annackermann.bsky.social, Jonathon Turnbull, @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social. Moderator @kristinahook.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTiA...

Great initiative by @ponarseurasia.bsky.social. Journalists, please note the easy links to experts available for commentary.

If you know your Ukrainian history, pattern echoes Holodomor declarations: -UA: naming the famine genocide, 4+ million killed & impunity of Stalin & Moscow; VS. -RU: a vague & "shared" Soviet "tragedy." Lack of accountability has always emboldened Moscow to kill again. www.ft.com/content/6d78...

Find the Facts on Ukraine: Get answers from academics and experts available for commentary here: t.co/HVMlk6au6k

As Trump continues efforts to pressure Ukraine into signing deal for control of their unmined rare earth minerals, reupping this piece by @kristinahook.bsky.social on how war in Donbas worsened environmental degradation after decades of industrialization & mining www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Even Ukraine's street art tells what its people are fighting for. [my photo, Lviv, Sept 2024]

U.S. must note how easily Lavrov lies & how confident Russia is to lie about very easily disproven facts. Russia's power attacks led to "17.7 million Ukrainians assessed to require humanitarian aid to survive winter" of 2022-23. Russia bragged about it 🧵⬇️ newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

A reminder true last year & true today. "Russia’s genocide in Ukraine is occurring in the context of the most documented war in history w/ characteristics of all 5 prohibited acts, while key figures including Russian President Putin routinely self-incriminate themselves."

The unanimous conclusion of @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social authors is that the only outcome in Ukraine that can safeguard the security of Europe is a convincing Ukrainian victory. Western military support to Kyiv should be redoubled before it is too late.

My latest for the Atlantic Council reflects on the cost of appeasing Russian leaders for the crime of aggression: invasion, occupation, annexation. What will be some of the costs if this policy is pursued? ⬇️🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...