The Longest Year: Taking Stock of Russia’s War on Ukraine

It has been a year since the start of the Russian massive invasion of Ukraine, which has dramatically escalated the war that has been taking place since 2014. The biggest war in European, if not world history, since the end of World War II has ensued. It shows no signs of abating. What takeaways can be had with regard to Ukraine’s resilience and can it be sustained in a longer run? Why is Russia, a huge military power, failing in reaching the goals of the invasion? Has international support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia worked, and can we expect those to go forward in case of this becoming even more protracted conflict? Most finally: what is the role for the U.S.? How significant is the American leadership?

 

Volodymyr Dubovyk is an Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Director, Center for International Studies, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine). V. Dubovyk has conducted research at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1997, 2006-2007), at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (2002), taught at the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2013 and at St. Edwards university/University of Texas (Austin) in 2016-17. Volodymyr has been a Fulbright Scholar twice. He is the co-author of “Ukraine and European Security” (Macmillan, 1999) and has published numerous articles on US-Ukraine relations, regional and international security, and Ukraine’s foreign policy. Currently he is a Visiting Professor at the Tufts University (2022-2023 academic year). He was also a recipient of the emergency grant from the Kennan Institute (2022), George Washington University (2022-2023) and University of Toronto (2022-2023). Areas of expertise: Ukraine, Transatlantic Relations, U.S., Black Sea security, security studies.

 

 

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