An ultimatum in any language: experts on Russia’s demand that NATO not expand
James Sherr, Senior Fellow, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Security, Tallinn, Associate…
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What everyday corruption looks like in Ukraine and how reforms stop it
Contents Sources of daily corruption Five success stories that have reduced commonplace corruption in Ukraine 1998. Simplified tax…
“An attempt to ban memory.” Why Russia wants to shut down its top human rights NGO Memorial
Russia has moved one step closer to shut down Memorial, Russia's most famous human rights organization, accusing it…
The post-Soviet oligarchy and how it shaped national state politics | 30 Years of Freedom, p.2
Contents Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Land privatization Moldova Belarus Georgia Russia Ukraine Good and bad oligarchs The last step…
Demolishing monuments not enough to destroy post-Soviet nostalgia, but property rights help | 30 Years of Freedom, p.1
How strongly were Communists supported in post-Soviet countries after the fall of the USSR? Do the populations of…
On historical unity in a prison of nations: Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance Head strikes back at Putin
For decades, Vladimir Putin has been working diligently on his international image. He believes it is not enough…
Институт политики безопасности Минобороны Австрии и Валдай-клуб: пример российского влияния в Центральной Европе
Contents Министерство обороны Австрии и Россия: от «Института политики безопасности» до «Валдая» и «Общества Австрийско-Российской Дружбы» «Институт политики…
Discover Belarus, “the country of nine million hostages,” with Belarusian writer Andrei Khadanovich
Contents What Belarusians fear Nature of Belarusian protests Belarusian diaspora and international knowledge about Belarus National spirit and…
In proposed law, Zelenskyy says Crimean Tatars “indigenous people of Ukraine” but Russians aren’t
Earlier this week, on the anniversary of Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy sent…
Liberal nationalism is the cure Ukraine needs to treat its post-colonial scars – Mykola Riabchuk
Mykola Riabchuk is one of Ukraine’s most published essayists. He is the president of the Ukrainian PEN-center and…
Vasyl Vyshyvany: the Habsburg prince who chose Ukraine
The great Habsburg of Ukrainian history was born on February 10, 1895 on the island of Lošinj (present-day…
The quiet front: the battle of identities in occupied Crimea and Donbas
Contents History weaponized Building a new generation Regional or Russian identity? Read more: History weaponized Just as heavily…
Internet troll confession: “We provoke a new level of aggression in our victims”
Have you ever imagined what an internet troll looks like? We met one in a Kyiv coffee house.…
NGO Institute for Security Policy, Austrian Ministry of Defense, and Valdai-Club: Case study on Russian influence in Central Europe
Contents Abstract Introduction The funding of the Institute for Security Policy Events and expert pool of the ISP…
The myth of “historically Russian Crimea”: colonialism, deconstructed
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut…
Ukraine in review: the biggest stories of 2020
2020 was a hard year for nearly the entire world: the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple ensuing crises…
I narrowly escaped death in dungeons of the “Luhansk People’s Republic.” This is what saved me. Part 2
Contents Communication with the outside world "Their guys" were also in prison Murder in the cell Death sentence…
I survived the basement prisons of the “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Here is what I saw. Part 1
Summer of 2014. At that time I worked as the deputy chief of the Luhansk Regional State Hospital…
Volodymyr Horbulin: Seven steps to defeat Russia in the wars of the future
Contents Step 1. Ukraine’s military and political leadership must realize that modern warfare is very different from the…
Memory wars and other battles
Let’s take a look at how Russia remembers its history. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently tried…