Ukraine – Here and there

After Ukraine a fractured and unravelling global order will confront the next Australian government

10 May 2022 Mike Scrafton Australian focus

Putin’s forces might not progress far beyond the Dnieper River. And yet the invasion will reshape the world in which the next Australian government operates.

Ethics and war: the Ukrainian tragedy

2 May 2022 Mike Scrafton Global

Russia’s President Putin rightly bears the greatest moral and legal opprobrium for the appalling death toll, atrocities, and destruction in Ukraine. But once the war reaches its conclusion, retrospectively the contribution of others will come under closer scrutiny.

US National Security and Ukraine: What’s the connection?

19 January 2020 Mike Scrafton Global

Witnesses appearing before the US House of Representatives’ impeachment hearings have connected Russian aggression in Ukraine with US national security. But just how is Ukraine important to the national security of the United States? It may be prudent to have clarity around national interests and to avoid shorthand terms that tend to discourage analysis and articulation of those interests, such as ‘national security’.