Explainer: Why We Need a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been making increasingly indiscriminate attacks. Entire cities are left in ruins, some without electricity and running water…
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A shift in strategy
As early as October 2021, the contours of Russian invasion of Ukraine were increasingly clear. The governments of the US, UK and a few other
If Ukraine falls, the world becomes more dangerous
Ukraine has been in the headlines since the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 and the public may be understandably tired of hearing more about Ukraine.
The peace dividend can be saved in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 brought back the spectre of a nuclear war, WWIII, and other potential horrors. Announcing the attack,
How Berkeley Haas professor Anastassia Fedyk has used economic expertise and AI-driven aid to help Ukraine
Fedyk didn’t stop there. She teamed up with her husband, James Hodson, to launch LifeForce, a platform that takes an economics-based approach to humanitarian aid. Rather
Russian aggression against Ukraine meets the criteria for genocide
As early as April 2022, when atrocities in Irpin and Bucha (Kyiv region) became widely known, Western media began discussing whether Russias actions in Ukraine
Russia’s Opposition Leaders Are Irrelevant to Ukraine
Since Russian opposition parties’ immediate political goals have nothing to do with Ukraine’s fight for survival, Ukrainians understandably object to attempts to tie the two
A Recipe for World Peace
The EU has refused to immediately and fully embargo Russian oil and gas purchases out of fear that it would throw the continent into an industrially-led recession, or would cause a much larger spike in prices. These arguments do not reflect the reality of supply-side elasticity in the oil and gas markets, and ignore the enormous costs that we are paying already as a result of the purchases of oil and gas from Russia
