Living with the Ukraine War and its Consequences

“…a world turned upside down – a dark, fretful more dangerous place where treaties and laws are no longer respected, alliances are broken, trust is fungible, principles are negotiable and morality is a dirty word. It’s an ugly, disordered world of raw power, brute force, selfish arrogance, dodgy deals and brazen lies. It’s been coming for a while.”1Simon Tisdall, ‘Defiance, not subservience; this is how we resist Trump.’ The Guardian 4 March 2025 At the time of writing, the outcome of the Ukraine war is hard to call, but most people expect it will drag on for a while yet. As Mark Twain r…