Perception vs. Reality: How is the Ukrainian Counteroffensive Really Going? (with Mason Clark)
Since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in early June, policymakers and analysts have criticized the Ukrainian military for underperforming. This past week, the Washington Post published an assess...
22 Elo 202342min
How Open-Source Intelligence is Shaping the Russia-Ukraine War (with Brady Africk)
Brady Africk was nearly a year into his role as a media relations associate at AEI when Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine took place. Feeling struck by the wrongness of the war, as he puts it on...
18 Elo 202337min
Round Up: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go From Here?
On this episode of The Eastern Front, Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia offer their take on events from the last several weeks and predict what lays ahead for Ukraine. They discuss Russia's escalating attac...
9 Elo 202339min
Let's Talk Black Sea Security, Pt. II (with Adm. James Foggo)
In the second of The Eastern Front's two-part series on Black Sea security, Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia speak with Admiral James Foggo (ret.), dean for the Center for Maritime Strategy, about strategi...
3 Elo 202352min
Let's Talk Black Sea Security, Pt. I (with Thea Dunlevie)
Russia is facing global criticism for its recent attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube river and the decision to pull out of a July 2022 UN-brokered deal that enabled Ukrainian grain to be exported...
24 Heinä 202338min
From Silicon Valley to Kyiv: How a Former Tech Executive Joined Ukraine's War Effort (with Andrey Liscovich)
In February 2022, Andrey Liscovich, a Ukrainian native, was living a peaceful life in San Francisco, working on a new startup after graduating with his PhD from Harvard University and spending three y...
18 Heinä 202345min
Belarus in the Post-Mutiny Fiasco: Collateral Damage or Victor? (with Alexander Lukashuk)
Of all the possible outcomes of Prigozhin's mutiny, most experts probably didn't expect to see Belarus figure itself so prominently in the narrative. Indeed, as Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashen...
13 Heinä 202339min
What's Up With Europe's Defense Industry? (with Radek Sikorski)
In his recent piece for Foreign Affairs, Radek Sikorski, Polish Member of the European Parliament, argued that Europe was "all bark and no bite." Despite its many attempts to get serious about its sec...
11 Heinä 202343min
