Russia and the West

The Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained
https://www.vox.com/22917719/russia-ukraine-invasion-border-crisis-nato-explained
Russia Belongs at the Center of Europe
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/10/russia-europe-ukraine-west-security-council/

Why the West’s Diplomacy with Russia Keeps Failing

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/lavrov-russia-diplomacy-ukraine/622075/
 
The inside story of Vladimir Putin’s mythical obsession with Ukraine
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/05/inside-story-vladimir-putins-mythical-obsession-ukraine/
Europe Thinks Putin Is Planning Something Even Worse Than War
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine-europe.html
What Does Putin Really Want?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/putin-ukraine-democracy/621465/
How Vladimir Putin turned Russia's dilapidated military into a modern, lethal machine
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/04/vladimir-putin-turned-russias-dilapidated-military-modern-lethal/ 
 
NATO promised Ukraine full membership in 2008, but without explaining how or when. Putin sees that promise as an ongoing threat to Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/world/europe/nato-ukraine-russia-dilemma.html
Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2021/11/is-vladimir-putin-preparing-for-war
What’s Driving Putin’s Ukraine Brinkmanship?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-troops.html 
Why Biden’s threat to slap Russia with more sanctions is unlikely to deter Putin in Ukraine
https://theconversation.com/why-bidens-threat-to-slap-russia-with-more-sanctions-is-unlikely-to-deter-putin-in-ukraine-173327 
Putin Has the U.S. Right Where He Wants It
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-biden.html
In showdown with Russia, Germany struggles over economy, unity and history
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/26/germany-russia-ukraine-pipeline/