A decision by the EU on whether to open accession negotiations with Ukraine is one of the hottest topics for the new political season. In this context, the likely cost of Ukraine’s membership for...
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It is not for the U.S. or other outsiders to define what constitutes a victory for Ukraine or the end of the war for Ukraine. The terms will be set by Ukraine, finds US Ambassador George P. Kent in...
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By the time Yevgeniy Prigozhin launched his ‘march for justice’ across Russia in June, he had become a key figure in Russia’s mafia state. Yet he displayed a surprising ignorance of its rules....
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Maksym Kononenko, extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Estonia, sat down for his first interview in Estonia as Ukraine prepared to mark its 32 years since the...
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Since the NATO Summit in Vilnius failed to grant Ukraine an invitation to the Alliance, undisguised disappointment has been...
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With defence spending likely to be a heated topic of discussion at Vilnius Summit, not least because the credibility of NATO’s new defence plans will require the Allies to invest more, we look at...
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More than fifteen years ago, NATO Allies meeting at Bucharest declared that Ukraine and Georgia “will become members of NATO”. Until 24 February 2022, the ritualised repetition of those words was...
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An armed attack against a country’s military leadership is an attack upon the state. Inside Russia, the actions that brought Russia to near paralysis on 24 June are being called a mutiny (myatezh),...
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From François Mitterrand’s halfway policy to Jacques Chirac’s infamous comments or to Emmanuel Macron’s questionable positions on the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, France has lost much...
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There are three major issues on the Vilnius Summit agenda – new defence plans, spending commitments and Ukraine’s path to NATO membership – that are of vital importance for NATO’s ability to...
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