With winter coming to a close in Ukraine, Russia is making a series of advances in the eastern Donbas region, with a primary aim of capturing the city of Bakhmut. While the city itself has some (limited) strategic significance as a regional transport hub, neither its symbolic nor material value justifies the price that Russia […]

Author Archives: Christopher Morris
Christopher Morris currently works for the university of Portsmouth (UK) where he is a teaching fellow in the School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, part of the Faculty of Business & Law and specialises in international relations and military strategy.
Christopher previously worked for the institute of policing at Staffordshire University where he developed and taught range of courses. He has scholarly experience across law, social science and international relations.
His research is centred around religious violence and international law. Having completed his PhD examining the ISIS conflict in 2019, Chris has gone on to explore a range of topics exploring the impact that religious ideology has on the use of force.
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