For those who instead want to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine itself, ArmySOS raises funds to supply Ukrainian soldiers with much needed equipment and the Ukrainian army itself has a crowd-funding page. There are going to be a lot more refugees that need help and they will need your money more than me. You could also donate to the UNHCR or other international aid groups and charities that support refugees. Consider donating to Ukrainian aid organizations like Razom for Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is almost certain to create a refugee crisis both within Ukraine and in neighboring countries. But if you’d rather be reading something else, my analytics tell me that y’all still mostly haven’t read my analysis of Thucydides’ Fear, Honor and Interest (which is actually quite relevant here) or the three primary source analyses on medieval military aristocrats: Dhuoda, ‘Antarah ibn Shaddad, and Bertan de Born (which are much less relevant here).Īnd finally, if you want to support what I’m doing here – well, this week, support something else. This is important, even if it is painful to watch.
If you just want to tune this out…well, I’d ask you not to. While I am not an expert here, I will reference people who are. And of course, since I teach on warfare, I try to stay well read on current conflicts. I should note of course that I am not a Ukraine or Russia expert, though as a military historian I am at least a little familiar with both the history of the region and also the IR and military theory that guides a lot of the decision-making. (Thanks to AGreatDivorce, our kind reader-narrator, this post is now available in audio-format here.)
#NUCLEAR THRONE TOGETHER FROG PROFESSIONAL#
So I thought that, as a professional thing-explainer (also known as a teacher) who also, as a military historian makes an effort to follow these events as closely as I can, I might try to explain some of the elements of the conflict, particularly questions I’ve seen pop up on social media.
I expect a lot of my readers are trying to get a grasp on what is happening right now in Ukraine and in my own experience the traditional news media often struggles to adequately explain complex issues that go beyond simply describing events. This week, I want to break from our usual format and respond to the fairly unusual global events.
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