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Insight into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mindset may help the West anticipate and respond to his next moves in the crisis.

The primary tools have been diplomatic condemnation, sanctions, and weapons shipments to Ukraine. More possibilities exist.

Instead of buying Putin's claimed sense of military threat, theorists of realism should see the driver in his disdain for democracy.

Recent US sanctions target a TV station in Bosnia used for divisive propaganda. But the most significant vehicle is in neighboring Serbia.

An over-fixation on alliance enlargement in responding to Russia’s buildup will not create lasting stability. The catalysts are more complex.

Even without the oft-discussed scenario of a simultaneous Chinese attack on Taiwan, Putin at least needs Xi's support for a new Ukraine invasion

Electoral deal also offers state land and backtracks on genocide denial, threatening territorial integrity, justice, and peace.

The US, with Europe, should push back against Russia's aggression while looking for ways to address legitimate grievances.

The implicit refutation bolsters an already strengthening opposition without the kind of US interference that tends to generate backlash.

It should create international organizations to build democracy and the rule of law, with the heft of global economic institutions.

The situation on Belarus's borders sparks a debate on the appropriate path for international legal scholars. The latest from Aurel Sari and Ben Hudson.

Characterizing migrants as “armed bands” shapes the legal vocabulary - with potentially dire consequences. A call for empathy and restraint in legal discourse.