Phillips Payson O’Brien

1 month ago | rsn.org | Phillips Payson O’Brien |Eliot A. Cohen

Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic. Ukraine has no “cards” according to President Donald Trump, while Russia has many. Vice President J. D. Vance has asserted that superior Russian firepower and manpower mean that the war can end only in a Russian victory. Other supposedly realistic commentators agree, arguing that Russia’s advantages are insurmountable.

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Phillips Payson O’Brien |Eliot A. Cohen

Ukraine has no “cards” according to President Donald Trump, while Russia has many. Vice President J. D. Vance has asserted that superior Russian firepower and manpower mean that the war can end only in a Russian victory. Other supposedly realistic commentators agree, arguing that Russia’s advantages are insurmountable.

Jan 13, 2025 | msn.com | Phillips Payson O’Brien

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Jan 13, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Phillips Payson O’Brien

For the past three years, Russia has used missiles and drones to locate and destroy vital infrastructure in Ukraine—power plants, dams, electrical-transmission lines. Everyone understands that these attacks are acts of war, no matter how steadfastly President Vladimir Putin describes them as part of a “special military operation.” When Russia targets other European neighbors, though, the West resorts to its own euphemisms to avoid directly acknowledging what Putin is doing.

Dec 4, 2024 | tjvnews.com | Sholom Schreirber |Charlie Laderman |Phillips Payson O’Brien

REVIEW: ‘The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler—How War Made Them and How They Made War’ by Phillips Payson O’BrienBy: Charlie LadermanWhen the First World War broke out, Joseph Stalin was as far from the corridors of power as it was possible to be. Exiled in Siberia, this penniless middle-aged Marxist with a flair for bank heists and political assassinations was a failure and he knew it.