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Jun 25, 2024

Historic day for Ukraine as EU launches official membership talks

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Peter Dickinson</span>

Ukraine began official membership talks with the EU on June 25, providing the embattled East European nation with a powerful morale boost as it continues to fight for survival against Russia’s ongoing invasion, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Jun 24, 2024

Kyiv Pride event highlights changing attitudes in wartime Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Aleksander Cwalina</span>

Ukraine’s LGBTQI+ community is playing an important role in Ukraine’s ongoing European integration and defense against the Kremlin’s anti-Western crusade, writes Aleksander Cwalina.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Jun 21, 2024

Russia’s flagship international forum showcases Putin’s pariah status

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Edward Verona</span>

The lack of international attendees at Russia's flagship economic forum in June highlighted Vladimir Putin's pariah status on the world stage, writes Edward Verona.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jun 20, 2024

Putin just reminded the world why Russia must lose

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Peter Dickinson</span>

Vladimir Putin's bogus recent peace proposal was in reality a call for Ukraine's surrender that underlines his continued commitment to the destruction of the Ukrainian state, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Jun 20, 2024

FPV drones in Ukraine are changing modern warfare

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >Tomas Milasauskas, Liudvikas Jaškūnas </span>

First Person View (FPV) attack drones are shaping the battlefield in Ukraine and transforming our understanding of modern warfare, write Tomas Milasauskas and Liudvikas Jaškūnas.

Conflict Defense Industry

UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2024

Ukraine’s peace summit offers solidarity but no breakthroughs

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Mercedes Sapuppo</span>

Ukraine's hotly anticipated peace summit in Switzerland produced plenty of solidarity but did not result in any major diplomatic breakthroughs, writes Mercedes Sapuppo.

Conflict Freedom and Prosperity

UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2024

Holding Putin’s propagandists accountable for crimes in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >Kristina Hook, Anna Vyshniakova</span>

Calls are mounting to hold Putin's propagandists accountable for their role in inciting Russian atrocities committed during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, write Kristina Hook and Anna Vyshniakova.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2024

Ukraine’s recovery cannot begin without enhanced air defenses

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Edward Verona</span>

The recent Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin underlined the importance of additional air defenses before the country can begin to rebuild, writes Edward Verona.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jun 15, 2024

The view from Kyiv: Why Ukrainian NATO membership is in US interests

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Alyona Getmanchuk</span>

US President Joe Biden recently voiced his skepticism over Ukrainian NATO membership, but enabling Ukraine to join the alliance would be in American interests, writes Alyona Getmanchuk.

Conflict Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Jun 13, 2024

Ukraine officially embraces English as historic westward pivot continues

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >Oleksiy Goncharenko</span>

By officially embracing English, Ukrainians aim to support their country’s historic pivot away from Moscow and return to the European community of nations, writes Oleksiy Goncharenko.

Civil Society Conflict

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UkraineAlert

Aug 25, 2020

How Ukraine can go from brain drain to brain gain

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anton Waschuk and Andriy Kamenetskyy</span>

Highly skilled Ukrainians continue to leave the country in order to further their careers. Greater efforts are required to keep this key demographic in the country for the benefit of the wider Ukrainian economy.

Economy & Business Education

UkraineAlert

Aug 22, 2020

Top Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskiy faces growing international legal troubles

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Diane Francis</span>

Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskiy is facing growing international legal troubles as a range of investigations into alleged corrupt practices at his former bank PrivatBank continue to gain momentum.

Corruption Financial Regulation

UkraineAlert

Aug 21, 2020

Navalny joins long list of poisoned Putin critics

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Peter Dickinson</span>

Expert Opinion: What does the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny tell us about the current political climate in Putin’s Russia?

Russia

BelarusAlert

Aug 20, 2020

Lukashenka is wrong to use Ukraine as a cautionary tale

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Paul Niland</span>

Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka has warned that pro-democracy protests will turn Belarus into another Ukraine - but Ukaine's woes are due to Russian aggression not the country's 2014 revolution.

Belarus Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 20, 2020

Vladimir Putin’s forever war against Ukraine continues

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Taras Kuzio</span>

While geopolitical attention focuses on Belarus, Putin’s hybrid war in neighboring Ukraine continues. It has already sparked the outbreak of a new Cold War, and there is currently no end in sight to the conflict.

Conflict Disinformation

BelarusAlert

Aug 17, 2020

Alarm bells in Ukraine as Lukashenka calls on Putin to rescue his crumbling regime

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Bohdan Nahaylo</span>

Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is on the verge of being swept out of office by a wave of pro-democracy protests. He has called on Putin to save his regime, sparking alarm in neighboring Ukraine.

Belarus Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 13, 2020

Front line communities and Ukraine’s local elections

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Andreas Umland</span>

Ukraine plans to hold nationwide local elections in October 2020, but areas close to the front lines of the conflict with Russia in the east of the country will not participate. How can these regions be best managed?

Conflict Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Aug 13, 2020

Ukraine must address the legal ambiguity enabling Putin’s not-so-secret war

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Wayne Jordash</span>

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is one of the world's worst-kept secrets, but a failure to end the legal ambiguity shrouding Russia's role in the ongoing conflict makes progress towards peace impossible.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Aug 11, 2020

Zelenskyy’s old new faces

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Adrian Karatnycky</span>

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019 promising a new era in Ukrainian politics but the recent appointment of figures from the discredited past raises questions about this fresh start.

Democratic Transitions Political Reform

UkraineAlert

Aug 6, 2020

Can new legislation revive Ukraine’s defense reforms?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Serhiy Piontkovsky</span>

Ukraine's defense industry has become a major source of state spending since the onset of hostilities with Russia in 2014, but corruption allegations have been a problem. Can new legislation revive reform efforts?

Defense Policy Defense Technologies