Andrew Latham is a Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and a professor of international relations and political theory at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. You can follow him on X: @aalatham. Dr. Latham is a daily columnist for 19FortyFive.com
Key Points – Further economic sanctions against Russia are a failed strategy, representing Western “political exhaustion masquerading as resolve” rather than a path to...
Key Points – The United States, under President Donald Trump, is perceptibly stepping back from its previous level of unconditional support for Ukraine, driven...
Key Points – Russia’s lack of large-scale retaliation to recent audacious Ukrainian drone strikes deep within its territory does not signify weakness or fear,...
Key Points – Ukraine’s recent “Operation Spiderweb” drone strikes deep into Russia, targeting strategic bomber bases, are characterized as “pure theatre” and strategically meaningless...
Key Points – Russia is reportedly achieving its core objectives in Ukraine—securing annexed eastern oblasts, maintaining a land bridge to Crimea, and ensuring Ukraine’s...
Key Points – Lockheed Martin’s proposal for a “Ferrari F-35″—an advanced variant incorporating enhanced thrust, range, stealth, and modularity at roughly half the projected...
Key Points – A direct NATO-Russia war over Ukraine, while not deliberately sought by either side, is an increasingly plausible scenario driven by potential...