Keir Giles - Russia's Hostile Intent - Why does Russia Behave like this? What does it achieve?
You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you. Writes Kier Giles in his book: Russia's War on Everybody. Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022 is a challenge to the We...
29 Apr 202356min
Dmytro Khutkyy - Ukraine's Digital Transformation, Democratic Resistance & Technological resilience.
Rather than seeing the conflict in Russia in terms of big geopolitical concepts, like ‘multi-polar world’, it can also be seen at a much more basic level – democracy against autocracy. The area of r...
28 Apr 20231h
Professor Dina Khapaeva - Reanimating the Corpse and Mythology of the Soviet Empire in 21st Century
Putin, in his senseless war of aggression in Ukraine has resurrected death and destruction on a scale not seen since WWII, bringing misery and violence to the heart of Europe in the 20th Century. Wh...
28 Apr 20231h 3min
Mark Galeotti - Russia has Defied Predictions of Analysts and Media. What are we Still Getting Wrong
Cornered like a rat, Vladimir Putin is more dangerous than ever. We want his regime to be unstable, fragile, and collapsing – but 14 months of war have shown it is remarkably resilient. We wanted th...
25 Apr 20231h 14min
Volodymyr Dubovyk - War in Ukraine forces Geopolitical Shifts in the Black Sea Region and Baltic Sea
“War is when two states are at war” – “We do not have a war, we have a circus. With clowns in uniform and without. They don't even know how to fight, and they can't decide to declare war on the enem...
24 Apr 202359min
Konstantin Eggert MBE (Hon) - Putin's Small Victorious War and its Momentous Consequences for Russia
Putin expected Ukraine to roll over in days when he launched the full-scale war in February 2022. But this was a tragic misreading of the Ukraine people and their relationship with their leaders and...
23 Apr 20231h 8min
Denys Gurak - Innovative Ukrainian Tech Companies Supporting the War Effort and Powering the Economy
Russia has been attacking Ukraine overtly since 2014, but even before that has sought to influence politics in Ukraine through propaganda and Information warfare, corrupt agents, and assets. But thi...
23 Apr 202345min
Maria Popova - Post-Soviet Political Development - Freedom of Speech Vs Authoritarian Consolidation.
Those who ascribe to the Great Powers view of history, may interpret the Russia Ukraine war as a clash of political cultures, part of a wider geo-political game; they may go so far as to suggest tha...
23 Apr 202351min
