Anders Puck Nielsen - Violence is being Privatised by Mercenary Groups as the Ruling Elite Fragments
Russia is paying a huge price in terms of blood and resource for every inch of Ukrainian territory it tries to seize. The capture of Soledar, a small town of little strategic importance that is clai...
16 Jan 202343min
James Bruno - 1st hand Insights from Georgia, where Russians are Increasingly Unpopular and Resented
Putin continues to drive deeper Western support for Ukraine with his brutality and indiscriminate aggression. Now France, Germany and the US are sending tanks and Patriot batteries. This could signa...
16 Jan 20231h 1min
Adam Ure - How UK Government Leverages Open-source Intelligence in Foreign Policy Work after Feb '22
Russian information operations are designed to accentuate and exaggerate the effects of war, but their strategies have been changing since the attack on the Kerch Bridge. Whereas Russian disinformat...
16 Jan 202352min
Peter Pomerantsev - Imperial Ambition, Autocracy and the Compulsion to Humiliate Drives Russia's War
After Putin was foisted on Russians in 2000 as their new president, they also chose to elect him. His direct and coarse language, threat and intimation of violence attracted people, and continued to...
13 Jan 202351min
Vlad Vexler - Tyranny in Search of an Idea - How Russia's Increasingly Autocratic Regime Lacks Ideas
It’s my pleasure today to welcome back onto the channel Vlad Vexler, Social Philosopher, and popular YouTuber. Our previous two video conversations proved to be extremely popular, and so we are risk...
12 Jan 20231h 11min
Anna from Ukraine - Video Diary of Anna Danylchuk Provides an Honest and Personal Perspective on War
Today I’m speaking with Anna Danylchuk, who has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. She aims to tell the truth about Ukraine when ...
10 Jan 202357min
Rahim Rahimov - How 1917 Revolution Casts a long Shadow over Russian Politics and Imperial Ambitions
Rahim Rahimov is a Baku-based member of the Management Board the Tbilisi-based Association of European Studies for the Caucasus.
10 Jan 20231h 6min
Edward Lucas - Is Putin the Architect of his own Destruction - or does West Bear Some of the Blame?
Putin claims that a belligerent NATO forced his hand to invade Ukraine. He undoubtedly also feared an independent, democratic, and affluent Ukraine. But like a classical Greek drama, Putin has by hi...
10 Jan 202337min
