Kyiv’s Political Feuds Cause Cracks in Ukrainian Unity
Ukrainians on the streets of Kyiv were musing that it had been a week since Russia launched the largest drone assault on the country’s...
The Economist: From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
An israel-hamas war in Gaza threatens to spread across the Middle East, with America and Iran facing off in the background. The Ukraine war,...
Kazakhstan: Fake news on “NATO facility” fans rage of Russian chauvinists
Prominent Russian media outlets chose Kazakhstan’s holiday of national sovereignty to widely disseminate a false news item about the opening of a supposed NATO...
Is Russia now a criminocracy?
Vladimir Putin’s Russia has previously been characterised as a “hybrid regime” that combines both autocratic and democratic elements. Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski and Viktoria Kaina...
Ukrainians fear becoming hostage to US political paralysis
The unprecedented removal of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker has thrust US politics into uncharted territory, while also sparking alarm across the Atlantic in...
NATO Defense Ministers Deal with Range of Alliance Issues
While the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East dominated, NATO defense ministers dealt with a range of issues during their defense ministerial in...
Measuring the Unmeasurable Indicators of Russian State Resilience
At the time of this writing, we find ourselves 550 days deep into the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine’s summer counter-offensive is...
Russia’s 2024 Budget Shows It’s Planning for a Long War in Ukraine
The Russian government has announced its proposed budget for 2024. For the first time in modern history, the country is set to spend 6...
The real issue is not about Ukraine – it is NATO and Russia
So long as Volodymyr Zelensky is President of Ukraine it is a waste of time and effort to try and get a peace agreement...
Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner military contractor to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in...