A newly coalescing “Mobilization Party” in the Kremlin is convinced that it can only save its own position and boost that of Russia internationally by shaking up the political board in radical ways and that the most effective way to do...
“Even the toughest authoritarian regime cannot operate on force alone,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, noting that the collapse of public support for Vladimir Putin and his regime means that the Kremlin leader is now considering what he must...
Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The Alliance was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War by a group of European and North American countries, united by their desire to create a lasting...
– In your opinion, were the Ukrainian authorities right in not allowing Ukrainian citizens residing in Russia to vote in the upcoming elections? – I don’t know; I’m neither a politician nor a diplomat. I believe that either...
Church independence became closer Last week’s Ukrainian pinnacle event occurred on the weekend. On 15 December the Unification Council of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in Kyiv has established a unified church, the Orthodox Church of...
Recently the Ukrainian-hosted “Clear Sky 2018” – a 12-day joint multinational military exercise – concluded. And NATO’s Trident Juncture 18, one of the largest military exercises ever held in Norway, was launched on 25 October....
A declaration by the Romanian defense minister that his country is concerned by the increased Russian presence the Black Sea is encouraging Kyiv which welcomes such a statement by a senior official of a NATO country as an indication that...
On 24 August 2018, a military parade on the central street of Kyiv was held to mark Ukraine’s 27th Independence Day said to be the largest yet. Approximately 4,500 military servicemen from Ukraine and 300 of their colleagues from 18...
I’m going to put a case forward for Ukraine’s membership in NATO. It’s difficult to discuss these requirements because it’s a moving target with NATO all the time, there doesn’t seem to be a single set of criteria like the...
Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, assured Ukraine that the USA supports the idea of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. She said this during a panel discussion during the 11th Security Forum which was...
When Ukrainian prosecutors released audio intercepts that appeared to show the direct involvement of Kremlin top advisor Sergey Glazyev in Russia’s takeover of Crimea and pro-separatist rallies in eastern Ukraine in August 2016, they...
