Four setbacks to Western credibility in Ukraine (Part 1)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has scrapped the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine and NATO-Georgia commissions that had…
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Outreach to Putin, crackdown on Medvedchuk: A hard stretch for Zelenskyy
At the same time, however, Zelenskyy persists with his quest to meet personally with Putin in order to…
Blinken’s debut in Ukraine: A case for managing expectations (Part 2)
To read Part 1, please click here President Zelenskyy has decided that Ukraine would ask the North Atlantic…
The thorny road to the Kremlin’s desired Yalta-2021
In turn, Western leaders, including US President Joseph Biden and his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, have been…
Blinken’s debut in Ukraine: A case for managing expectations (Part 1)
Should the Joseph Biden administration confirm the containment goal as part of its overall strategy in Europe, it…
Putin failed to achieve his 3 goals in Ukraine because he’s not ready to launch a major war, Polish analyst says
In 2014, Putin used stealth to advance Russian forces toward and into Ukrainian territory; but this time, the…
One-on-one with Putin: A reckless adventure for Zelenskyy (Part 2)
To read Part 1, please click here. Elaborating on Putin’s pre-conditions (see EDM, April 28, 29) to such…
Meeting one-on-one with Putin: A reckless adventure for Zelenskyy (Part 1)
Unwittingly, Zelenskyy’s public statements and actions are conveying his vulnerabilities. Disappointed by the Franco-German mediation’s conclusive failure in…
The Kremlin sets insuperable preconditions to meeting with Zelenskyy
The war scare has sent Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sliding down from the mid-point of his learning curve…
Moscow pushing even more expansive claims on Arctic
On March 31, the Russian government filed two new submissions to the UN body overseeing sea borders regarding…
Zelenskyy seeks a summit with Putin again
The Kremlin has, since early April, deployed overwhelming military forces around Ukraine, with high publicity and dire rhetorical…
Four lessons learned from Russia’s Ukraine buildup
The world breathed a sigh of relief as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would pullback…
Yermak’s earlier giveaways come back to haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
Russia abandoned the ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in early February (see EDM, February 18) and persists with low-intensity…
Two words that shook Putin’s regime
The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last…
Ukraine’s China policy: A (not so) delicate balance
Reporting on the saga of Chinese efforts to purchase Ukraine’s strategic Motor Sich aerospace production company frequently casts…
Ukraine looks for applicable lessons in latest Karabakh War
Originally published by Jamestown.org on November 9, 2020 From the earliest days of war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas…
Ukraine’s geopolitical successes become Russian defeats
In the first half of October, the Ukrainian leadership concluded a series of important international agreements, with significance…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
Ukraine joins western states in non-recognizing Lukashenka as president after “secret” inauguration
On 23 September, self-proclaimed president-elect of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka was sworn in at a "secret inauguration" that was…
The quick way to quasi-recognition of Donetsk-Luhansk’s armed formations: a play-by-play account
Ceasefire deal While the agreement’s full text has been released by all signatory parties, the page reserved for…