History
Ukraine
OPINION: Modern Memory Policy: Ukraine’s European Heritage
The pages of history provide important reminders for today’s Western partners of Ukraine’s deep-rooted ties to the European political and cultural space. Here’s a Polish perspective.
Dec. 24, 2025
NATO
OPINION: 30 Years After Dayton – Lessons for Today
Why the Dayton Peace Agreement is the wrong model for Ukraine
Dec. 14, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: Don’t Betray Ukraine Again. No Excuses This Time!
Reflections on today’s anniversary of the infamous 1994 Budapest Memorandum
Dec. 5, 2025
Georgia
One Woman’s Basement Museum in Georgia Keeps Russia’s War Memory Alive
One woman’s refusal to forget what was lost after the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008 offers grave reminders of the enduring weight of war for civilians near the occupation line.
Dec. 1, 2025
People
OPINION: Renata Bogdanska-Anders – Ukraine’s Polish Icon
On the 15th anniversary of the death of this remarkable woman, so dear to both Poland and Ukraine, her story deserves to be retold.
Nov. 30, 2025
Spain
50 Years After Franco: How Has Spain Changed?
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died on 20 November 1975. The death of the “Caudillo” marked the end of his nearly 40-year fascist regime, and Spain embarked on the path to democracy
Nov. 20, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Nov. 7, but the Bolshevik Revolution Is Ignored in Today’s Russia. Why?
This de facto erasure tells us as much about Putin’s Russia as the revolution itself once revealed about the early 20th century.
Nov. 7, 2025
How Odesa Once Dazzled Europe’s Financiers: a Forgotten Story of Ukrainian Municipal Bonds
Odesa has long been business center as well as a port city. In pre-Soviet times it attracted international financiers. Today it is generating renewed interest.
Nov. 2, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: Exhumations: For Everything There Is a Season – This Ain’t It
As the search continues for evidence of what happened to UPA soldiers who fought against communist Poland’s occupation, is now really an appropriate time to ruminate over an unhappy past?
Nov. 2, 2025
Ukraine
Why November 1 is an Important Date in Ukraine’s Struggle for Independence
On this day, back in 1918, Western Ukrainians declared independence in Lviv and fought for it.
Nov. 1, 2025
Language Lab
Rediscovering Kyivan Rus – New Course Explores Ukraine’s Deep Heritage
Discover the roots of Ukrainian identity through Kyivan Rus in Language Lab’s new course, Game of Thrones, Ukrainian Edition – exploring history, symbols, and myths shaping Ukraine today.
Oct. 27, 2025
Ukraine
35 Years Ago – The Student Protest that Changed Ukraine
A ‘Student Revolution on Granite’ on Kyiv’s Maidan Square that heralded the end of Soviet rule in Ukraine
Oct. 26, 2025
People
OPINION: Vitaly Korotych Remembered – An Intriguing Encounter with a Controversial Ukrainian Poet
My secret acquaintance in London during the Cold War with a Soviet Ukrainian “agent.”
Oct. 5, 2025
Ukraine
Dynastic Wars, Family Diplomacy: A Thousand-Year Connection Between Kyiv and Royal London
Ukraine and Great Britain share an intertwined history dating as far back as Kyiv’s influence on the struggle for the throne in London a thousand years ago.
Sept. 20, 2025
Cinema
Kyiv of Mine: a Cinematic Love Letter to a City Under Siege
It took eight years to make this cinematic homage to Kyiv and the people who live there – from the dynamic years after the Revolution of Dignity to the current wartime defiance.
Sept. 16, 2025
Religion
FACT CHECK: Why Claims That ‘Ukraine Is Banning Christianity’ Are Patently False
Assertions that Ukraine is banning Christianity are absurd. Ukrainian authorities are not banning anything. Rather, they are trying to curb Russian influence within a Kremlin-linked institution.
Sept. 13, 2025
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