Ukrainian British author Michael Drapan discusses his book, "Home from Home"

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul became the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor in International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University in 1995. He is also the Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Prof. McFaul commends President Trump's efforts to engage Russian President Putin to end the war in Ukraine, but thinks Mr. Trump's approach lacks the necessary pressure and consistency to achieve actual results. He reviews Ukraine's efforts to maintain its independence and sovereignty and outlines how the U.S. should deal with President Putin to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine. Mr. McFaul also talks about his new book, "Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder", which will be published on October 28, 2025. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/autocrats-vs-democrats-michael-mcfaul?variant=43731712606242 https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/people/michael-mcfaul

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Stefan Korshak is the senior defense correspondent for the English-language newspaper the Kyiv Post. In this podcast interview, he talks about the strengths and weaknesses of Ukraine's air defense. He also suggests how to improve it in light of recent increased daily Russian bombardment. There is also discussion of recent Russian efforts to probe NATO defenses. Mr. Korshak briefly mentions his new book, "The Siege of Mariupol", which he co-authored with Christopher Lawrence. It will be published in November by Waterstones. https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-siege-of-mariupol/christopher-a-lawrence/stefan-korshak/9781399034203 https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/11

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In April, 2022, Eduardo Llop and Rafael Moreno, two volunteers from the Barcelona NGO Accio Familiar, travel to a convent in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, where nuns are aiding refugees after the the Russian invasion. As missile attacks become a daily occurence throughout Ukraine, Mother Maria Cristiana Demianczuk with her nuns and the volunteers take a group of three-dozen refugees and families of soldiers fighting in the war on a three-day journey across Europe to housing near Barcelona. Documentary director Mike Dorsey and Mother Cristiana discuss the film, "Sisters of Ukraine", and the many challenges in producing it. You can view the documentary on several streaming services including Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.f88c1231-15f7-4500-b870-818f088688c1?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb You can find out more about Mother Cristiana's order of nuns doing missionary work in Ukraine. https://ssvmusa.org/index.php/missions/foreign-missions/ukraine/ And, here is some information about the NGO Accio Familiar in its work in Barcelona, Spain. https://acciofamiliarbcn.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:main-menu-eng&catid=2&lang=en&Itemid=101

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Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and was an Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. His focus as a political scientist has been contemporary Russian and Ukrainian history, domestic politics and foreign affairs. In this interview, Mr. Umland provides his views on U.S.-Ukraine foreign policy and also the recent attempt by Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to curb the autonomy of the country's anti-corruption agencies in July. www.ui.se/english/about/staff/andreas-umland/

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Lykke Friis is director of the Think Tank Europa, an independent Copenhagen-based research institution focused on Europe. She is also a former Danish politician and has held several positions in the Danish government. Ms. Friis is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations and has researched and published extensively on issues related to German and European politics. Her bestselling 2022 book, Tårernes Europa (The Europe of Tears), is Lykke Friis's account of the crisis that hit Europe after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Much of her work has focused on the issue of EU enlargement especially with regard to Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Ms. Friis talks about the strong current relations between Denmark and Ukraine and her very active role in trying to bring Ukraine into the EU in phases. https://thinkeuropa.dk/en/om-os/medarbejdere/lykke-friis

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The results of the recent Polish presidential election could bring changes to the relationship between Ukraine and Poland. The new conservative Polish president Karol Nawrocki has said he is against Ukraine's entry into the EU and NATO. Aleks Szczerbiak, Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex in the UK and a prominent analyst on politics in Poland, discusses key areas of conflict between Poland and Ukraine and what the future holds for their relations. https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p102973-aleks-szczerbiak https://polishpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/

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Dr. Huseyn Aliyev is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. His area of expertise is Ukraine and Russia (particularly the North Caucasus region). His current research interests are civil war dynamics, non-state armed groups, violent mobilization and the radicalization and demobilization of armed groups. In this interview Dr. Aliyev discusses paramilitary groups in Ukraine and the nearby border regions of Russia and their involvement with the Russian invasion against Ukraine. Here is his biography. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/huseynaliyev/#biography This is a link to his new book, "Who Fights for Governments?". https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/who-fights-for-governments-9781350498419/

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