What the Italian Election Means for Ukraine?
There were few surprises in the Italian elections held on Sep. 25. The center-right coalition won 44% of the votes… - Sep. 26, 2022. By Alisa Orlova
Going Nuclear: On Thinking the Unthinkable (Part 2)
Going Nuclear: On Thinking the Unthinkable (Part 2)… - Sep. 25, 2022. By Lawrence Freedman
Taking Back the Sky
Taking Back the Sky… - Sep. 25, 2022. By Anastasia Shepeleva
United Arab Emirates – Friend or Foe?
Abu Dhabi’s indifference to the war in Ukraine is not driven by the financial windfall it reaps from… - Sep. 25, 2022. By Ylia Ysuk
Delirium in the Kremlin – Perspective of a Concerned Serb
One of the most famous movies in history, Dr. Strangelove by director Stanley Kubrick, is also known by the less… - Sep. 25, 2022. By Dr. Orhan Dragas
Will Ukraine Invasion Condemn Putin to Place Among Russia’s Worst Rulers?
Vladimir Putin refuses to admit defeat in Ukraine. On September 21, he announced plans for a partial mobilization… - Sep. 24, 2022. By Anders Aslund
Russia on the Ropes
Vladimir Putin is isolated more than ever. In recent days, world opinion and his allies, have turned against… - Sep. 24, 2022. By Diane Francis
Uman Celebrates the Jewish New Year
Autumn is here and, despite the ongoing war, Hasidic pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in… - Sep. 24, 2022. By Alisa Orlova
Russia’s Obscene “Referendums”: A Media Exercise In Humiliation, and an Element Of War Crimes
With Ukraine now on the offensive, Russia announced just a few days ago that it would no longer try to hold… - Sep. 23, 2022. By Timothy Snyder
How Medvedchuk’s Return to Russia will Affect Ukrainian Politics
The release of 215 defenders of Mariupol, including ten foreign citizens who were in Russian captivity, in exchange… - Sep. 22, 2022. By Alisa Orlova
Sham Referenda, Partial Mobilization and Putin’s Nuclear Bluff
The Russian authorities, pushed into a military and political corner by the recent victorious counter-offensive by… - Sep. 22, 2022. By Ihor Zhdanov
How the “Crime of Aggression” Applies to Russia’s War Against Ukraine
The crime of aggression is often called the “mother of all crimes” or “the supreme international crime.”… - Sep. 22, 2022. By Maria Mezentseva
OPINION: The Bill for Crimea Comes Due for Putin
Crimea, a symbol of Putin neo-imperial project, has become the place that will bankrupt Putin’s political capital.
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