Ukraine Explainer - Part Four

Escalation, humiliation and the diplomatic failures of the West

This is the final part of my series on Ukraine. It combines background briefings on the diplomatic and military actions leading up to the war with analysis of more recent developments. My aim is to provide a broader informational picture to the reader of current events and their origins from sources in the public domain. Overall, this may help understanding of a palpable shift in the narrative over a war whose origins and effects have significant impact upon Western interests - including those of the President of the United States.

My view is the war is likely to be a disaster for the US which will dwarf the Afghanistan debacle and permanently alter the geostrategic and economic realities we once took for granted.

Please feel free to add anything I have missed in the comments below.