The war in Ukraine has altered the course of global history. These authors explore how. When Vladimir Putin's forces sought to conquer Ukraine in February 2022, they did more than threaten the survival of a vulnerable democracy. The invasion unleashed a crisis that has changed the course of world affairs. This conflict has reshaped alliances, deepened global cleavages, and caused economic disruptions that continue to reverberate around the globe. It has initiated the first great-power nuclear crisis in decades and raised fundamental questions about the sources of national power and military might in the modern age. The outcome of the conflict will profoundly influence the international balance of power, the relationship between democracies and autocracies, and the rules that govern global affairs. In War in Ukraine, Hal Brands brings together an all-star cast of analysts to assess the conflict's origins, course, and implications and to offer their appraisals of one of the most geopolitically consequential crises of the early twenty-first century. Essays cover topics including the twists and turns of the war itself, the successes and failures of US strategy, the impact of sanctions, the future of Russia and its partnership with China, and more. Contributors: Anne Applebaum, Joshua Baker, Alexander Bick, Hal Brands, Daniel Drezner, Peter Feaver, Lawrence Freedman, Francis Gavin, Brian Hart, William Inboden, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kimmage, Michael Kofman, Stephen Kotkin, Mark Leonard, Bonny Lin, Thomas Mahnken, Dara Massicot, Michael McFaul, Robert Person, Kori Schake, and Ashley Tellis.
Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. A columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, he is also the author or editor of several books, including The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age, The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today, and Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, with Michael Beckley.
Introduction: The Ukraine War and Global Order, by Hal Brands Part I: Origins and Overviews 1: Ukraine, Russia, China, the World, by Stephen Kotkin 2: Why Putin Invaded Ukraine, by Michael McFaul and Robert Person 3: Strategic Fanaticism: Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, by Lawrence Freedman 4: The Failure to Deter: U.S. Policy toward Ukraine and Russia from the End of the Cold War until February 24, 2022, by Michael Kimmage 5: How the War Will End, by Anne Applebaum Part II: The Conflict 6: The Russia-Ukraine War: Military Operations and Battlefield Dynamics, by Michael Kofman 7: Russian Military Resilience and Adaptation: Implications for the War in Ukraine and Beyond, by Dara Massicot 8: Planning for the Worst: The Russia-Ukraine "Tiger Team," by Alexander Bick 9: U.S. Strategy in Ukraine, by Kori Schake 10: Nuclear Lessons and Dilemmas from the War in Ukraine, by Francis Gavin 11: Fallacies of Strategic Thinking in the Ukraine War, by Thomas Mahnken and Joshua Baker Part III: Global Dimensions and Implications 12: The Ukraine War and Global Cleavages, by Ashley Tellis 13: Putin's Point of No Return, by Andrea Kendall-Taylor 14: Accelerating Profound Changes Unseen in a Century: Chinese Assessments of and Responses to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, by Bonny Lin and Brian Hart 15: The European Union as a War Project: Five Pathways Toward a Geopolitical Europe, by Mark Leonard 16: Lose-Lose: The Economic Sanctions of the Russo-Ukrainian War, by Daniel Drezner 17: America's Global Role in the Shadow of the Ukraine Conflict, by Peter Feaver and William Inboden
The war in Ukraine has altered the course of global history. These authors explore how.
