Brian's unique explorations of the war and the historical context and events leading up to Russia's current assault against Ukraine
(Russian/Русский перевод) Brian's Ukraine journalism has been praised by: Mykhailo Podolyak, a top advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; the Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces; Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army (Ret.), former commanding general, U.S. Army Europe; Scott Shane, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times and Baltimore Sun journalist (featured in HBO's The Wire, playing himself); Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of the only Republicans to stand up to Trump and member of the January 6th Committee; and Orwell Prize-winning journalist Jenni Russell, among others. His analysis of Ukraine has been featured by Newsweek, Real Clear Defense, Small Wars Journal, Byline Times, the Arabic television stations Alghad TV and Alaraby TV (including his debate with former major Putin advisor, Kremlin insider, and Duma lawmaker Sergei Markov), interviews for the French news site Atlantico, the German news site Buzzard, Indian Strategic Studies, the and the Ministry of Defense of Brazil.
Over two decades, Brian has majored in Russian history, studied Russia's war against Georgia in graduate school, and covered Russia and its foreign policy as a journalist, including writing for the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) from 2015-2017 as one of the most popular guest scholar contributors until he was censored for his post on Prevezon's corrupt work for the Kremlin. Since 2014, he has covered Russia's longstanding campaign to dominate Ukraine and turn it into a de facto vassal, including the historical context of Russia's 2014 military aggression against Ukraine in Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk; The (First) Russo-American Cyberwar's 2016 U.S. presidential election interference, a central aim of which was to further the Kremlin's Ukraine campaign partnering with a pliant Donald Trump; Trump's first impeachment centering on Ukraine; Russia's 2020 election interference; and Putin's current exponential military escalation (he was possibly the only analyst to predict beforehand in writing Ukraine's sinking of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet Flagship, the Moskva), including a podcast with Ukraine's 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Oleksandra Matviichuk. This coverage includes his groundbreaking eBook, A Song of Gas and Politics: How Ukraine Is at the Center of Trump-Russia, or, Ukrainegate: A “New” Phase in the Trump-Russia Saga Made from Recycled Materials (available in Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, & EPUB).
A large number of the articles on the current war are adapted from three of Brian's Small Wars Journal articles:
- Bungling the Prewar and First Moves in Finland 1939 and Ukraine 2022: A Comedy of Errors for Stalin’s Soviet Union and Putin’s Russia, Respectively (May 23, 2022)
- The Beginning of the End of Putin? Why the Russian Army May (and Should) Revolt (March 8, 2022, and featured by Real Clear Defense, The National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED)Democracy Digest, and SOF News)
- The Utter Banality of Putin’s Kabuki Campaign in Ukraine(February 21, 2022, and featured by SOF News)
THE CURRENT WAR
A Super-Short Guide to Why Ukraine is Kicking Russia’s Ass in Putin’s Ukraine War
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How Ukraine Can Take Back Crimea from Putin’s Reeling Russian Military
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Ukraine Will Easily Destroy or Sideline Russia’s Navy with Game-Changing Anti-Ship Missiles
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The Real Context News Podcast #9: Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, on Democracy & War in Ukraine (2022 Nobel Peace Prize-Winner!)
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Time for the Russian Army and Russian People to Revolt and Overthrow Putin
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Putin’s Zombie Russian/Slavic Ethnonationalism Is Utterly Banal
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How Best to Penetrate Putin’s Media Iron Curtain in Russia? Dead Russian Troops
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On Casualty Counts in Russia’s War on Ukraine
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A Look at Putin’s Disgraceful, Heartless, Barbaric Treatment of Russian Soldiers and Their Families
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Putin’s NATO Narrative Is Bullshit
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How to Lose Nations and Alienate People, by Vladimir Putin
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Why Is Putin Doing All This Now?
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BACKGROUND
EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump Aides’ Deeper & Linked Roles in Putin Agenda Revealed; Russian Mafia Nexus With Trump & Aides Goes Back Years
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Trump, Putin, Russia, DNC/Clinton Hack, & WikiLeaks: “There’s Something Going on” with Election 2016 & It’s Cyberwarfare & Maybe Worse
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A Reality Check on U.S.-Russian Relations and a Way Forward
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External Audio/Video interview of Brian on Ukraine
Twitter Spaces:
Panel with Rep. Adam Kinzinger
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLLXaVeMGm-5/6/2022
Other Related External Articles by Brian
BYLINE TIMES
How Ukraine’s Southern Offensive Could Lead to the End of the War- August 16, 2022
SMALL WARS JOURNAL
WAR IS BORING
How Syria Fits Into the Trump-Russia Scandal- March 29, 2018
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