i find all three blogs to be extremely good.
if you are primarily after books, add Stephen Cohen's
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JD4PBWW
i haven't read it but listened to podcasts with him on John Batchelor show, on which the book is based
War with Russia?: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
What You Should <em>Really</em> Know About Ukraine
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless >The bizarre way in which it has become completely taboo and laughable to suggest that NATO expansion to the Russian border and threats to offer Ukraine membership is deeply and genuinely threatening not just to Putin but all Russians, even though that warning has emanated for years from top U.S. officials such as Biden's current CIA Director William Burns as well as scholars across the political spectrum, including the right-wing realist John Mearsheimer and the leftist Noam Chomsky.
Give this a listen:
War with Russia?: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate >Part III: Unprecedented Dangers 2017 (Has NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer?)
What You Should <em>Really</em> Know About Ukraine
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless >The bizarre way in which it has become completely taboo and laughable to suggest that NATO expansion to the Russian border and threats to offer Ukraine membership is deeply and genuinely threatening not just to Putin but all Russians, even though that warning has emanated for years from top U.S. officials such as Biden's current CIA Director William Burns as well as scholars across the political spectrum, including the right-wing realist John Mearsheimer and the leftist Noam Chomsky.
US fighting Russia ‘to the last Ukrainian’: veteran US diplomat >And the West was basically saying, ‘We will fight to the last Ukrainian for Ukrainian independence,’ which essentially remains our stand. It’s pretty cynical, despite all the patriotic fervor. And I’d add, I have heard, I know people who have been attempting to be objective about this, and they’re immediately accused of being Russian agents. Or let us just say, the price of speaking on this subject is to join the pom-pom girls in a frenzy of support for our position, and if you’re not part of the chorus, you’re not allowed to say anything, and you can’t sing.
. . . >So, it’s really depressing that instead of trying to figure out how to give Russia reasons not to invade countries and to violate international laws as it has—that does not make Russia unique, of course—but instead of trying to give Russia reasons for being well-behaved, we have, in its view, left it with no alternative but the use of force.
War with Russia?: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate >Part III: Unprecedented Dangers 2017 (Has NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer?)
What You Should <em>Really</em> Know About Ukraine
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless >The bizarre way in which it has become completely taboo and laughable to suggest that NATO expansion to the Russian border and threats to offer Ukraine membership is deeply and genuinely threatening not just to Putin but all Russians, even though that warning has emanated for years from top U.S. officials such as Biden's current CIA Director William Burns as well as scholars across the political spectrum, including the right-wing realist John Mearsheimer and the leftist Noam Chomsky.
War with Russia?: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate >Part III: Unprecedented Dangers 2017 (Has NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer?)