March, 2022

• 5 March

  US paratroopers in Poland largely hidden from view amid mission prompted by war in Ukraine

  

  Curious Poles continue to stop for a peek at the sprawling airfield here that serves as the main staging area for the 82nd Airborne’s new mission in Poland. But for the most part, soldiers remain out of sight. And one month into the campaign, that’s just the way the U.S. …

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• 5 March

  NATO nixes no-fly zone over Ukraine to avoid a larger war

  

  NATO on Friday ruled out setting up a no-fly zone in Ukraine amid concerns of sparking a wider war with Russia, but will consider sharply increasing the number of allied troops deployed to central and Eastern Europe, the alliance’s top official said. As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second …

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• 5 March

  92% of Russian troops assembled for invasion now in Ukraine as Russia captures largest nuclear power plant in Europe

  

  About 92% of the armed forces that Russia assembled for its invasion of Ukraine are now in the country as Russian troops have overtaken the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. With most of the more than 170,000 troops and weapons that Russian …

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• 5 March

  Russian businessman places $1m bounty on Putin’s head

  

  A Russian businessman has placed a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin’s head and urged the country’s military officers to bring the president to justice. Entrepreneur Alex Konanykhin made the promise in a post on social media site LinkedIn and called it his “moral duty” to take action and help …

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• 5 March

  Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Putting Azerbaijan in a Bind

  

  On Feb. 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at what was a sensitive moment—just a day after Moscow officially recognized the independence of the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, and a day before Russia launched a full-scale …

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• 5 March

  Saied Levels Yet Another Blow at Tunisia’s Democracy

  

  Today, the Ukrainian people are fighting—quite literally—for their right to determine their own fate, independently and democratically. It was not so long ago that millions of people in multiple nations of the Middle East and North Africa rose up to fight for democracy at home in a wave of revolutions …

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• 5 March

  The Ukraine War: A Global Crisis?

  The overwhelming support for a UN resolution condemning Russia’s invasion shows that countries around the world see it as attacking global norms. Yet policymakers also view the crisis in terms of their own national interest. Crisis Group experts assess the war from thirteen vantage points. On 2 March, the UN …

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• 5 March

  What Caused The Post–Cold War Stalemate Over NATO – OpEd

  

  As the invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, those seeking to understand how such a tragedy could come to pass would do well to pick up M.E. Sarotte’s new book Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate. Sarotte, the Kravis Professor of Historical Studies at …

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• 5 March

  ISIS Plans Significant Attack on the al-Hol Camp

  ISIS is reportedly trying to seize the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, according to North Press. On Wednesday, a high-ranking official said they received intelligence information detailing that the Islamic State (ISIS) is planning for a full-scale control over the al-Hol Camp in the east of Hassakeh, northeastern Syria. Two …

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• 5 March

  Moldova Could Be the Next Flashpoint in Europe’s Standoff With Putin

  

  As the war in Ukraine enters its second week, the continent’s eyes are already turning toward neighboring Moldova. The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, made an emergency visit there yesterday, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a last-minute visit next door to Romania. The main …

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