The New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST) hosted a significant presentation in London and Washington, D.C., unveiling a critical report titled “Putin’s Dilemma: War or Peace?” The analytical center, renowned for its focus on long-term geopolitical trends in Russia and its surrounding regions, gathered a distinguished group of
The Russian Orthodox Church is an increasingly important part of Russia’s information war, both domestically and worldwide. By Kateryna Odarchenko The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly has called on all states to view Patriarch Kirill and his church’s leadership as extensions of Vladimir Putin’s regime and to treat them as
By Kateryna Odarchenko On the first day of the full-scale invasion, Russian forces advanced from annexed Crimea into Ukraine’s Kherson region, swiftly seizing control of the territory. While Ukraine’s counteroffensive has since liberated the western bank of the Dnipro River, more than half a million residents remain
Dig into the detail of opinion surveys and Ukrainians are surprisingly clear on what they want. Foreigners with simple solutions need to listen. What do Ukrainians want? It’s a question too seldom asked, and it matters because whatever Americans, West Europeans, or even Russians might hope for,