The Russia-Ukraine Shadow War: Duel of Assassinations

The Russia-Ukraine Shadow War: Duel of Assassinations

As Moscow reels from yet another high-level hit, the shadow war between Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services is spilling far beyond the battlefield and into a ruthless campaign of targeted killings that risks becoming a self-sustaining spiral of retaliation.

Hypothetical Russian Civil War: The Wagner Group Uprising

Hypothetical Russian Civil War: The Wagner Group Uprising

I remember sitting with a Russian friend of mine in a fancy New York restaurant overlooking the Hudson River in 2020. My very wealthy, very connected, and very smart friend was worried. He was concerned that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a tipping point and that Russia would eventually slip into a civil war that […]

Religious Conflict in Ukraine: Vicar Pavlo Lebid Arrested Amidst Ongoing Investigation of Moscow-backed Monastery

Religious Conflict in Ukraine: Vicar Pavlo Lebid Arrested Amidst Ongoing Investigation of Moscow-backed Monastery

A power struggle between Ukraine’s Kremlin monk-loyalists and the Kyiv religious community intensifies as Metropolitan Pavlo Lebid, a staunch supporter of Russia’s genocide in Ukraine, is placed under house arrest amid an investigation concerning the Moscow-backed Kyiv monastery, sparking a national dispute between the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.