War By John Bauerschmidt Russia’s attack on Ukraine has already borne out the insight that the course of history is marked by surprising events. Surprising, of course, to many in the West; though in this case th... Read More...
The Ghosts of Kyiv By Olivia Kew-Fickus When I was a student in Kyiv in the 1990s, I was welcomed whole-heartedly into a vibrant community of young, educated Ukrainians, friends who put up with my stumbling Russian and Ukrain... Read More...
The Crisis of Faith that is Ukraine By Mark Edington As I write these words, units of the Russian army have moved across the national boundary into the eastern areas of Ukraine. As you read them, it may be the Russian military, together with its intelligence apparatus and cyberwarfare capa... Read More...
Lamentabili voce Many, including myself, looked on with profound respect earlier this year when several Russian Orthodox monks from a monastery of the Kiev caves placed themselves between disgruntled Ukrainians and the government police in what appeared to be a peace protest. The politics of these gestures, however, were inevitably more complicated than met the eye.
