Why EU candidate status is dangerously symbolic for Ukraine and Moldova
By WILL KINGSTON-COX Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, agreed on...
Making sense of Turkey’s NATO obstruction
By DANIEL BLAKE MARTIN NATO’s immediate response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine led many to believe that it was back in business. But...
A Deadly Thaw? Why the frozen conflicts of the South Caucasus may soon feel the heat
By WILL KINGSTON-COX Russian soldiers in an APC during their 2008 invasion of South Ossetia, Georgia The heat from the Russian invasion...
Clausewitz's wisdom can shine a light on what has gone wrong for Putin
By SEAN DAVID Vladimir Putin looks on as he chairs a military meeting in early March with members of his Security Council. By most...
A year ago, these Ukrainians were Olympians. Now, they are in the thick of war.
Part of Perspectives Guest Writes Interviewed by MAXIM SIDORENKO. Edited for article format by James Baldwin. A Ukrainian flag flies as...
75 seconds to midnight: Ringing Doom's Doorbell
By RYAN LEE A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched in February at an undisclosed location, as part of the Kremlin's...
Why we should be cautiously concerned about Moldova
BY WILL KINGSTON-COX A monument of a Soviet-era tank in Tiraspol, Moldova - the capital of the Transnistria region A week after the...
Will Russia Face Justice for Atrocities in Ukraine? Don’t Hold Your Breath
By TARAS TRUNOV A woman is carried out of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, following a Russian missile strike In the besieged...
New Cold War: What the Ukraine Crisis means for the Global Political Order
As featured in Edition 40, available here. BY ZACH ROBERTS (2nd year - Law and PAIS - Aylesbury, UK) On the 24th of February, Europe fell...
Putin pulls the trigger on Ukraine – prepare for the World War trilogy
BY DANIEL SILLETT Vladimir Putin’s aggressive stance in Ukraine and the responding anger of the West has rekindled global tension not...