Ukraine: A Year of War

A special series on lessons learned since Russia’s invasion | [Image]( [UKRAINE: A YEAR OF WAR](   [Image]( This Friday marks one year since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The war has killed thousands, displaced millions, and disrupted global food and energy markets—with no end in sight. To better understand how this conflict continues to shape geopolitics, and how geopolitics shapes it, Foreign Affairs is publishing [an ongoing series of essays]( about what the war has taught us so far. Leading scholars consider why some democracies have not joined the coalition against Russia, why Russian President Vladimir Putin persists despite his disastrous war, what can be learned about contemporary conflict from the battlefields in Ukraine, and more. Start reading below.   [Image]( [Out of Alignment]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Non-Western Powers]( [By Shivshankar Menon](   [Friends in Need]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Alliances]( [By Stephen M. Walt]( [Image](   [Image]( [The Kremlin’s Grand Delusions]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Putin’s Regime]( [By Fiona Hill and Angela Stent](   [Kyiv and Moscow Are Fighting Two Different Wars]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Contemporary Conflict]( [By Lawrence Freedman]( [Image](   [Image]( [The Persistence of Great-Power Politics]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Geopolitical Rivalry]( [By Emma Ashford](   [Move Fast and Win Things]( [What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Statecraft]( [By Eliot A. Cohen]( [Image](   [Subscribe to Foreign Affairs](   © 2023 Council on Foreign Relations | 58 East 68 Street, New York NY | 10065 All Rights Reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Use]( [Manage Your Email Preferences]( For support or to view your account information, visit [ForeignAffairs.com/services.]( Reset your password [here.]( To ensure we can contact you, please add us to your email address book or safe list. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Receiving too many emails? [Unsubscribe here.](