What research tells us about the Ukrainian army - with Oleksiy Moskalenko
How can we understand what’s happening inside the Ukrainian army? How do soldiers feel? What challenges do they face? What parts of military life do they believe aren’t working? Traditional sociolog...
7 Aug 202549min
How Does Ukraine Talk to the Wider World? We Asked the Ukrainian Institute
Ukraine wants to be heard around the world. But we must also learn to listen to the wider world in return. The Ukrainian Institute — the country’s leading institution for cultural diplomacy — is doin...
29 Jul 202551min
Why colonialism is more complicated than you think - with Botakoz Kassymbekova
What’s the difference between colonialism and imperialism? What types of colonialism can we identify — and which of them are playing out in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other countries? This conv...
28 Jul 20251h 1min
Why Russia fears Ukrainian literature - with Myroslav Shkandrij
Myroslav Shkandrij is a prominent scholar of Ukrainian cultural history and Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He has written extensively on topics such as avant-garde art in...
23 Jul 202548min
His callsign is Caesar, he’s British, and he fights for Ukraine
There are foreigners fighting for Ukraine in this war — but their numbers are small. They are not sent by their governments; they come as volunteers, driven by a personal sense of justice and a desire...
15 Jul 202535min
Propaganda: shaping narratives in times of war. A public discussion at CEU, Vienna
Propaganda has long been a powerful tool for shaping public opinion, influencing international discourse, and justifying military actions. In Russia’s war against Ukraine, propaganda has been a centra...
9 Jul 20251h 57min
Nobel-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz on the Failures of Neoliberalism and Sanctions Against Russia
Joseph Stiglitz is a world-renowned economist and thinker who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001. I met him in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in June 2025 during the inspirin...
7 Jul 202531min
How Drones Are Dramatically Changing the War – with Nataliya Gumenyuk
This is a new kind of war. Drones have fundamentally changed its nature—and continue to do so every day. The threats now come from above, not just ahead. If you’re wounded, medics may not reach you qu...
4 Jul 202553min
