It is a testament to the effectiveness of Poland’s pragmatic and European-leaning diplomacy over the past three decades that Polish-Ukrainian relations have remained mostly forward-looking, write Mieczysław P. Boduszyński, associate professor of politics and international relations at Pomona College and Agnieszka Lazorczyk, program coordinator at the European Union Center of California.

The more far-reaching effects of Biden’s exit from Afghanistan has evaded the preponderance of U.S. media coverage, writes Omar Quadrat, an attorney based in California.

A hallmark of the new, global right-wing populisms has been the bid to capture religious constituencies, writes Nora Fisher Onar, assistant professor and director of the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at the University of San Francisco.

The Russian government has made a concerted effort to frame its invasion of Ukraine as the natural response to NATO’s encroachment on Russia’s traditional sphere of influence, writes Nahal Kazemi, Senior Counsel at Keller/Anderle LLP.

As U.S. cities make gestures of solidarity with Ukraine, the Russian invasion offers a test for the power of local relationships in an international conflict, writes Sarah Sieloff, senior planner at Maul Foster Alongi.

If you are like me, you try not to spend every waking minute stressing about how badly the human species has already messed up the planet in which we live, writes Seth Freeman, Emmy-winning writer/producer for television, a playwright and a journalist

As the U.S. appears to be pushing for a quick signing of a new nuclear deal, Iran is now viewing the Ukraine crisis as an economic opportunity to be quickly grasped, writes Dr. Abraham Wagner, Lecturer in Law at the Columbia Law School.

In Eastern Europe, conflicts do not have boundaries, writes Madalin Blidaru, policy-oriented researcher and political analyst

Of all the obvious dangers that come with war, one of the most far-reaching in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has been woefully under-appreciated, writes Bennett Ramberg, former foreign affairs officer in the US State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

Both leaders assaulted smaller neighbouring countries as part of the historical dynamics that began with the end of the Cold War, writes Ibrahim Al Marashi associate professor at the Department of History, California State University, San Marcos.