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
A group of independent, international experts recommends new economic and other measures to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine.
Putin wants Ukrainian land, with its strategic position, not land with Ukrainians.
Ukrainian soldiers found mass graves, tortured bodies of innocent Ukrainians, and civilians killed execution-style near Kyiv. How can one human being (a Russian) do such a thing to another person (a Ukrainian)?
In January 2022, many of our distinguished colleagues were asking whether Putin would really invade Ukraine.
Putin escalates when he can, independent of semantics regarding quantity and type of weapons aid.
On February 24th 2022, Russia started bombing Ukrainian cities at 5 am in the morning. The causalties of Ukrainians have been enormous – already thousands of people in 26 days, and the death toll is growing.
Western media and politicians continue to comment on the Ukraine-Russia “peace talks.” Their remarks can be likened to the commentary on a game of chess with speculation about the next possible move, whilst one opponent is beating up the other with a chessboard.