Mapping financial countermeasures against Russian aggression: Introducing the Brookings Sanctions Tracker: “Many of the world’s democracies are employing financial and economic countermeasures to oppose Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24. In the period since, these sanctions have come from the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other governments… Continue Reading
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The Post Post-Cold War World
Axios: “Bruce Mehlman— founder of the government relations firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas — sketches how the two parties can spin Ukraine during this year’s midterm campaigns.” See his deck – The Post Post-Cold War World Russia-Ukraine War & Its Consequences Continue Reading
Ukraine’s libraries are offering bomb shelters, camouflage classes and, yes, books
NPR – “…Oksana Brui, who is the president of the Ukrainian Library Association…is among the Ukrainians who were taken by surprise when sirens rang out on Feb. 24 announcing Russia’s invasion. While some of Ukraine’s libraries have been destroyed by the fighting, she says that all over the country, libraries are “buzzing like hives,” full… Continue Reading
UK House of Commons Library on Ukraine Crisis
“This page features Commons Library publications relevant to the current crisis in Ukraine. On 24 February 2022 Russia launched military action in Ukraine, with forces crossing into the country from Belarus in the north, Russia in the east and Crimea in the south. President Putin has said Russia, acting in self defence, was launching a… Continue Reading
Migration, Refugee and Asylum Data Explorer
Our World in Data: Migration, Refugee and Asylum Data Explorer “Explore the migration of people across the world.Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.Thanks to the work of thousands… Continue Reading
LLRX February 2022 Issue
LLRX Articles and Columns for February 2022 Offense v. Defense – The goal of this paper by Andrew Pittman, MSU Law-3L, is a call for a new strategy on cybersecurity. Pittman’s paper begins with real life incidents of cybercrime attacks on critical infrastructures abroad and in the U.S. Second, it defines what is offensive cybersecurity… Continue Reading
Visualizing the Active Conflict Zone in Ukraine
Center for Data Innovation – “The Economist has created a visualization depicting changes to commercial flights through Ukrainian airspace after the EU Aviation Safety Agency labeled it an active conflict zone. The visualization shows the flight paths of planes over Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia on February 23rd and 24th. According to the visualization, pilots have… Continue Reading
Russia’s War on Ukraine: A Conversation Hosted by The Atlantic, Featuring Anne Applebaum, Tom Nichols & Jeffrey Goldberg
Open Culture: “After years of threats, Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invaded Ukraine—culminating in the largest attack against one European state by another since the Second World War. What happens now?” Via YouTube you can watch a wide-ranging conversation hosted by The Atlantic, featuring Anne Applebaum (Pulitzer-prize winning historian), Tom Nichols (U.S. Naval War College professor),… Continue Reading
What is a no-fly zone?
The Economist: “A Vladimir Putin’s army closes in on Kyiv, and Russian rockets fall on Ukrainian cities, America and its allies are being asked to step in. On February 28th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, repeated his earlier request for the West to “impose a no-fly zone over significant parts of Ukraine”. Some influential people agree.… Continue Reading
International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
Via LLRX – International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter? – Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University acknowledges that International laws are in place to prevent war and help protect civilians and combatants alike. But he further states that these laws are… Continue Reading
Follow the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map
Bellingcat: “Editor’s note: The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort by Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) and the wider open source community to map, document and verify significant incidents during the conflict in Ukraine. Its aim is to provide reliable information for policymakers, journalists as well as justice and accountability bodies about the evolving… Continue Reading
EU’s ban on Russia Today and Sputnik is now in effect
TechCrunch: “The EU’s ban on Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik has just gone into effect after the bloc formally adopted the sanctions, meaning media regulators are now expected to monitor compliance, with the risk of fines being levied by national watchdogs across the bloc for any platforms found continuing to distribute the Kremlin-linked media firms’… Continue Reading
