Especially in Russia, extreme cold has long factored in military successes and failures. Napoleon comes to mind. In the War of 1812, he led the French army into Russia in late June. After initial success he was unprepared for the war of attrition, resupply difficulties, and terrible cold that followed. Ultimately, three-quarters of the French…

Although the cases and circumstances could not be more different, the US is pursuing a prisoner swap involving American Brittney Griner and Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout. For his crimes against humanity, Bout is serving a twenty-five-year sentence in the US. He supplied terrorist organizations that committed horrific atrocities in numerous countries. Ms. Griner is…

Russia’s strategy of attacking Ukrainian train stations is just a small part of Putin’s campaign to crush Ukraine and turn it into a vassal state. The numerous attacks last month seemed to have had the goal of damaging Ukrainian infrastructure. On May 10 alone, six railway facilities were targeted. Before that were the politically-motivated attacks…