Tyler McBrien

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Anastasiia Lapatina |Tyler McBrien |Benjamin Wittes

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With February 24, 2025, marked three years of Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion—three years of resilience, sacrifice, and a war that has reshaped global politics. As Ukraine faces mounting battlefield challenges and growing uncertainty over U.S. support, the war has reached a pivotal moment.

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tyler McBrien |Anastasiia Lapatina

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With A dirty presidential campaign in Ukraine culminates in an attempted assassination and ‘The Orange Revolution,’ where Ukrainians stop The Kremlin’s attempts to rig the election. Years later at a NATO summit in 2008, The United States and European allies concoct a high-risk plan to protect Ukraine going forward. Tyler McBrien is the managing editor of Lawfare.

2 months ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tyler McBrien |Van Jackson |Michael Brenes |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With On today’s episode, Van Jackson, Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, and Michael Brenes, Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at Yale University, join Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk about their new book, “The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy,” in which they make the case for the United...

2 months ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tyler McBrien |Anastasiia Lapatina

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With By the late 90’s, Russia is reverting back to its corrupt, authoritarian ways and Ukraine begins to slide backward with it. In Ukraine, that corruption will lead to a gruesome murder and cover-up. While in Russia, that corruption will destroy any hopes for an emerging democracy. But after 9/11, The United States is solely focused on the fight against terrorism.

2 months ago | lawfaremedia.org | Tyler McBrien |Anastasiia Lapatina

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Newly-independent Ukraine has inherited thousands of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union. So The United States, Russia and Ukraine craft a high-stakes deal to disarm Ukraine in exchange for national security protection. But has Washington held up their end of the bargain? Or has Ukraine been betrayed?