The enduring lessons of Stalin’s wartime endgame
If Western efforts to contain Soviet expansionism taught us anything, it is that the only way to deter totalitarian thugs is to confront them.
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Ukraine plans to join EU within next two years – Ukraine’s PM
Ukraine wants to secure membership in the European Union within the tight timetable of two years, Ukraine’s Prime…
Baltic states grow frustrated with West’s war balancing act
On 28 July, US President Joe Biden issued a statement marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between the…
The E40 waterway: Economic and geopolitical implications for Ukraine and the wider region
On April 24, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a first reading of the bill “On Inland Water Transport,” finally…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
EU emerges as leading donor for Partnership countries in fighting COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences
On March 30, the European Union announced it would provide substantial support to the six Eastern Partnership (EaP)…
Ukraine, the Gates of Europe of the last millennia, and their meaning for Russia – Serhii Plokhii explains
The last two centuries have seen Russia controlling over 80% of Ukrainian territory. Despite a brief period of…
Russian sharp power targeting the European elections in Central-Eastern Europe
International polling, such as Pew’s 2018 research, has been proving the failure of Russian “soft power” since Russia…
Five lessons for today from the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Some anniversaries are marked because they are so important historically that one cannot understand the present without returning…
Seven ideas for Ukraine and Europe: to be discussed at the Kyiv Security Forum
More than two weeks ago, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and I visited the capital cities of two neighboring states –…
Izborsky Club calls for new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to re-divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin…
Eastern Europe arming itself because ‘no one wants to be the next Ukraine’
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest…
The rapidly changing landscape in Europe
Thirty years ago the political landscape on the European continent seemed stable and fixated for decades to come.…
Withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria predictable, say Belarus experts
Vladimir Putin’ decision to withdraw troops from Syria took many by surprise. However, at the end of November…
Border disputes spreading and intensifying in Eastern Europe, Moscow scholar says
The announcement three weeks ago that Prague is prepared to transfer 360 hectares of territory to Poland in…
The Russian West. Subjective opinions
Obviously, the notes below are purely subjective. But I feel like we can outline certain tendencies. Ukraine in…
Orientalism reanimated: colonial thinking in Western analysts’ comments on Ukraine
Western commentators should rid themselves of old prejudices dating back from the age of colonialism before commenting on…