A nation must think before it acts.
Rob Lee is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program and a former Marine infantry officer.
Articles
- As Long as Russia is Advancing, the War will Continue - Kyiv Independent - February, 2025
- Ukraine’s Gamble | The Risks and Rewards of the Offensive Into Russia’s Kursk Region - Foreign Affairs - September, 2024
- Russia Has Opened Up a New Front. What Comes Next? - The New York Times - May, 2024
- Russia Launches New Offensive in Ukraine - Conversations - May, 2024
- Hold, Build, and Strike: A Vision for Rebuilding Ukraine’s Advantage in 2024 - War on the Rocks - January, 2024
- Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months - War on the Rocks - September, 2023
- Russia’s War in Ukraine: Critical Vulnerabilities to Russia’s Military Operations and Systems - Reports - June, 2023
- Ukraine’s Fight Inside Russia, Behind Enemy Lines - Meduza - May, 2023
- Beyond Ukraine’s Offensive | The West Needs to Prepare the Country’s Military for a Long War - Foreign Affairs - May, 2023
- ‘Putin Does Not Want Bad News’: U.S. Military Expert Assesses Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine After One Year - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - February, 2023
- How the Battle for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine’s Success - Analysis - December, 2022
- The Current State of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Meduza - November, 2022
- The Tank Is Not Obsolete, and Other Observations About the Future of Combat - War on the Rocks - September, 2022
- Ukraine’s Push to Liberate Kherson and Russia’s Manpower Problem - Meduza - September, 2022
- Not Built for Purpose: The Russian Military’s Ill-Fated Force Design - War on the Rocks - June, 2022
- Why attrition will be a critical factor in the battle for Donbas - The Economist - April, 2022
- Russia-Ukraine crisis explored with RUSI and Foreign Policy Research Institute - UK Parliament Defence Committee - February, 2022
- Moscow’s Compellence Strategy - Analysis - January, 2022
- Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy: Why Did the Kremlin Mass Its Forces Near Ukraine This Spring? - Reports - August, 2021
Events
- Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Road Ahead -
- Two Years In: What’s Next for Russia’s War in Ukraine? -
- The State of Play in Ukraine -
- Russia’s War in Ukraine: Analyzing the Western Military and Economic Response -
- Russia-Ukraine Tensions: Will Moscow’s Compellence Strategy Work? -
- Tensions between Russia and Ukraine: How likely is another war? -
Audio/Video
- Part 2 | Surviving Two Years in Russian Captivity -
- Part 1 | Surviving Two Years in Russian Captivity -
- Russia Launches New Offensive in Ukraine -
- The State of Play in Ukraine -
- Examining Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine -
- The Risk of War: Russia’s Options for War in Ukraine -
- The Risk of War in Ukraine: Moscow’s Military Posture -
- Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy: Looking Back at the Ukraine Crisis -