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Below is a collection of resources, which help my understanding of the war:

Must Read/Watch

• Russia Analysis (Martti J. Kari, Finnish Intelligence Colonel) [1-hour long lecture with subtitles 🎥] - Colonel Kari discusses Russia’s “Strategic Culture”. It is a deep dive into Russian history since the Byzantine Empire to understand Russia’s political decision-making today. It helps to step out of your own bubble and take a look at the other side of the narrative.
• In-Depth Analyses About Russia (Kamil Galeev, Galina Starovoitova Fellow at The Wilson Center, DC) [Collection of Twitter threads 🧵] - Kamil writes long-form analyses about all aspects of Russia (history; logistics; demographics; political and spiritual orientation; the role of oligarchs/military/state police/Orthodox Church/etc.).
• "Warum es um unserer Freiheit geht" [40-minut long podcast interview 🎧] - start at 1:14:10 and listen to the interview with Prof. Timothy Snyder. Also, I'd recommend reading his books - in particular The Road to Unfreedom.

Journalism

• Christo Grozev - Investigative journalist for Bellingcat. Focus on researching and documenting war crimes during the Ukraine War.
• Illia Ponomarenko - War and defense reporter for Kyiv Independent. Covering the war zone.

Military

• Institute for the Study of War - Leading Think Tank giving daily assessments of the war.
• Michael Kofman - Leading researcher for Russian Military strategy and tactics.
• Rob Lee - American defense analyst. Mainly focused on analyzing publicly available information (OSINT) about the war.
• Nathan Ruser - Open-source intelligence analyst covering the Indo-Pacific region but doing more Ukraine work recently.
• Trent Telenko - Military logistics expert writing about tires, supply lines, and bridges during the Ukraine War. You wouldn't believe how interesting this is.

Policy

• Alexander Stubb - Former PM of Finland. Good perspective on Scandinavian policy moves.
• Sergej Sumlenny - Former Director at the Boell Stiftung in Kyiv. Born in Russia, now a German citizen. Very vocal pressure on the German government in regards to security policy, its role in EU's sanction responses, and Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung.

Podcasts

• Pod Save the World - Former members of President Obama's Security Council discussing geopolitics. Currently, a heavy focus on the war in Ukraine.
• Intelligence Matters - Former acting director of the CIA discussing moves in the intelligence community in the context of the Ukraine War.
• Sicherheitshalber - German podcast discussing the Ukraine War in the context of German/EU security policy.

My Writing

• Escaping the Yugoslav War: I Don't Remember But I Will Never Forget → In light of the Russia-Ukraine War, I ask you to be kind to refugees. This is my family's story of fleeing from the Yugoslav War.
• Systems Thinking in Times of Crisis: Three Frameworks for Policymaking 🔥 → In this article, you will learn about path dependence, ecostructure, and information loops.
• The Stromberg Mindset: On Germany's Geopolitical Delusion → This article explains why Germany's delusion will break down eventually.