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	Analysis + Opinion March 22, 2022 Ukraine war: Experts debate NATO's role Barry Posen and Stephen RademakerMunk Debates “For 20 years, we’ve basically dismissed Putin. We've treated Russian security interests as essentially a problem to be waved away. And we've continued in the direction that brought us here right now,” argues Posen. Rademaker disagrees, and explains that “what changed in Ukraine was a consequence of Russian policy, Russian bullying, and Russian mishandling of the relationship with their closest neighbor. That is not America's doing, that is not NATO's doing, that is Russia's doing.”
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Russian forces abducted four Ukrainian journalists, a union says. Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times Russian armed forces on Monday took four Ukrainian media workers from their homes in Melitopol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine said in a news release.
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Reviving war-game scholarship at MIT Eyal HanflingMIT News Political scientists are increasingly considering how the method of war gaming can be improved and used in research and pedagogy. For scholars of interstate war and nuclear weapons, war gaming is an especially promising research tool.
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Here’s what Western leaders need to remember about Zelensky’s emotional appeals Roger PetersenBulletin of the Atomic Scientists The war in Ukraine is fought with bullets, bombs, and rockets—and also with images and words. At the center of this conflict, President Volodymyr Zelensky has strategically deployed the latter to trigger emotions among his fellow Ukrainians, Russian foes, and Western supporters.
	In the News March 21, 2022 China and Russia’s military relationship likely to deepen with Ukraine war Christian ShepherdThe Washington Post Quoted: These constraints suggest that “supplies are mostly likely in the short term — if Beijing makes the strategic decision to move even closer to Moscow,” said M Taylor Fravel, director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	Analysis + Opinion March 20, 2022 Poland will propose a NATO peacekeeping mission for Ukraine at the alliance’s meeting this week. Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times Poland will formally propose a plan to organize an international peacekeeping mission in Ukraine at an emergency NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, an idea that is at odds with the alliance’s official stance and one the United States rejected on Sunday.
	Analysis + Opinion March 19, 2022 Ukraine’s celebrities are dying in the war, adding an extra dimension to the nation’s shock. Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times The war is reducing the distance between famous and ordinary Ukrainians because so many non-celebrities are making heroic sacrifices, said Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. It has also made many people focus on issues of life and death that eclipse focus on fame.
	Analysis + Opinion March 18, 2022 Aid organizations say they are seeing signs of trafficking of people fleeing Ukraine. Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times Multinational and nongovernmental aid organizations are sounding the alarm about a potential increase in cases of sexual exploitation, human trafficking and child abuse, as the number of vulnerable people fleeing the war in Ukraine continues to rise. Neuffer Fellow Ada Petriczko reports on the risks and latest stories from the region.
	In the News March 18, 2022 The false promise of arming insurgents Lindsey O'RourkeForeign Affairs Quoted: As the political scientist Barry Posen has pointed out, “The flat and open terrain in Ukraine is largely unfavorable to guerrilla warfare. This is particularly true in southeastern Ukraine, where Russian aggression seems most likely, given the lack of mountains, forests, or swamps for insurgents to use as base camps.”
	Analysis + Opinion March 18, 2022 Five books that illuminate the agony and uncertainty of civilians caught in wars John TirmanThe Washington Post War brutalizes ordinary people, and our instinct may be to turn our heads, if only for self-preservation. At great risk, these authors have taken it upon themselves to immortalize this grim reality, so the world will not look away. John Tirman explores five books that show the plight of civilians in wars.