Research and Course Guides: Resources for Following and Understanding the Ukrainian War: Ukraine and Russia

Selection of Relevant Books

The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

Hybrid Warfare: Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations

Revolution and War in Contemporary Ukraine

Putin's Counterrevolution

Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

Putin's Argument

Mapping Russian attacks across Ukraine

This article from Al Jazeera has a series of maps and visualizations that present snapshots of the Russian invasion along with economic profiles of Ukraine. All of which will be updated as more information becomes available.

The Ukraine - Russia Conflict

Military Perspectives

Is Ukraine’s reformed military ready to repel a new Russian invasion?
From 2018, the authors speculate on whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces are capable of inflicting prohibitive costs on a Russian invasion force?
Russia Crisis Military Assessment: What would a ground offensive against Ukraine look like? Watch the skies.
How Do the Militaries of Russia and Ukraine Stack Up?
Russia’s extraordinary show of force in and around Ukraine underscores the military imbalance between the two countries.
Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Congressional Research Service analyzes the power and structure of the Ukrainian armed forces.