UN Secretary General Guterres - A Miserable Disappointment
Dr. Orhan Dragas
UN Secretary General Guterres - A Miserable Disappointment
Heading to the BRICS summit – Guterres continues to seal his disgrace.
Decapitation Tactics: What Ukraine Can Learn From Israel’s Strikes on Hezbollah
Casey Christie
Decapitation Tactics: What Ukraine Can Learn From Israel’s Strikes on Hezbollah
Israel’s strikes on the highest levels of Hezbollah’s command structure will be studied for a long time to come. Ukraine must adopt a similar doctrine and capabilities.
Ukraine’s Victory Plan Is Not a Call for a Russian Defeat but a Just and Lasting Peace
Hans Petter Midttun
Ukraine’s Victory Plan Is Not a Call for a Russian Defeat but a Just and Lasting Peace
The Victory Plan is part of a global strategy to end the war, restore stability, and achieve peace on fair terms. The plan would protect Ukraine from aggression and strengthen its future security.
Why Ukraine Needs the Executed POW Memorial Day
ГО "Спільнота Оленівки".
Why Ukraine Needs the Executed POW Memorial Day
The mass execution of POWs in Olenivka more than two years ago is another piece of evidence showing the scale of Russian war crimes. Ukraine must remember its heroes and remind the world of them.
Ukraine’s Counter-Invasion of Russia’s Kursk Region May Decide the War EXCLUSIVE
Andrei Piontkovsky
Ukraine’s Counter-Invasion of Russia’s Kursk Region May Decide the War
From a tactical standpoint, Ukraine achieved a major military victory. But the more far-reaching success has been strategic and psychological, impacting decision-makers in both Washington and Moscow.
Ukraine’s Little Round Top Defeat of Putin EXCLUSIVE
Jonathan Sweet
Ukraine’s Little Round Top Defeat of Putin
This Russian army isn't their father’s Soviet Army. They are their great-great grandfather’s meatgrinder of an army that fled the battlefields of WWI – led by an equally one-dimensional general.
Axis of Instability: Potential Impact of a US Less Willing to Support Allies EXCLUSIVE
Mark N. Katz
Axis of Instability: Potential Impact of a US Less Willing to Support Allies
If the November 2024 US elections lead to diminished US military support for Ukraine, the negative consequences and ripple effect could be far-reaching.
Kyiv Should Look to the Triangle With Romania and Moldova for Its Own Future EXCLUSIVE
Radu Magdin
Kyiv Should Look to the Triangle With Romania and Moldova for Its Own Future
It is high time for Romania, Moldova and Ukraine to cooperate in a mutually beneficial alliance to mitigate the damaged caused by Russia's relentless attacks.
The Key to Ukraine’s Victory Lies in the West’s Courage EXCLUSIVE
Lord Ashcroft
The Key to Ukraine’s Victory Lies in the West’s Courage
Ukraine’s fate is being held hostage by the US elections and a general cravenness with respect to defending the democratic principles that needed to be fought for in the past.
Durov’s Arrest Is About Telegram as Russian Weapon, Not Free Speech EXCLUSIVE
Ivana Stradner
Durov’s Arrest Is About Telegram as Russian Weapon, Not Free Speech
So-called free speech activists have jumped to defend Pavel Durov after his arrest, but they conveniently forget Russia’s weaponization of his Telegram platform.
The Collapse of Putinist Russia: the Sole Chance for the Opposition EXCLUSIVE
Leonid Nezvlin
The Collapse of Putinist Russia: the Sole Chance for the Opposition
Recently freed Russian opposition figures are wearing blinders with regard to the war against Ukraine. The degree of their support for Ukraine’s fight should be a barometer of their credibility.
Ukrainian Kursk Air Strikes Expose Russian Critical Vulnerabilities EXCLUSIVE
Hans Petter Midttun
Ukrainian Kursk Air Strikes Expose Russian Critical Vulnerabilities
For one of the few time since Russia’s war against Ukraine began Kyiv’s forces are benefitting for air support as it advances into Russia and the positive results are evident.
Making The World Safe For Autocracy EXCLUSIVE
Rogier Ormeling
Making The World Safe For Autocracy
Propaganda assets like Tucker Carlson are useful in ways the KGB barely could have dreamed of during the Cold War.
Environment: No Longer a Silent Victim — Ukraine Leads the Charge in Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes EXCLUSIVE
Andriy Kostin
Environment: No Longer a Silent Victim — Ukraine Leads the Charge in Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes
Thanks to Ukraine's proactive stance and the commitment of our international partners, the environment, once a silent casualty of war, now has a voice that resonates globally.
European Commission Ukraine Report: Reflections From the Country’s Primary Energy Firm EXCLUSIVE
Oleksiy Chernyshov
European Commission Ukraine Report: Reflections From the Country’s Primary Energy Firm
Ukraine has entered heating season 2023-24 better prepared, with improved air defenses and reinforced energy site security, while satisfying crucial milestones in its European integration efforts.
Two Axes of Liberty EXCLUSIVE
Charles Cockell
Two Axes of Liberty
Democratic institutions and the freedom they engender are not eternal. The Russo-Ukrainian war is a stark reminder that Europe must become a self-sustaining and self-defending axis of liberty.
33 Years of Independence: 11 Spent Fighting to Defend it EXCLUSIVE
Kira Rudik
33 Years of Independence: 11 Spent Fighting to Defend it
For Ukrainians victory is not just about territory. Victory means the security of knowing the next generations will not have to fight against the enemy that has oppressed it for centuries.
Will New Battle of Kursk Prove as Historically Significant as its Forerunner? EXCLUSIVE
Andriy Kurkov
Will New Battle of Kursk Prove as Historically Significant as its Forerunner?
The name of Kursk has been synonymous with war for more than 80 years and that reputation is unlikely to be diminished after the events of the last week even if not on the same scale.
Russia’s National Disease Can Be Cured by Defeat EXCLUSIVE
Pete Shmigel
Russia’s National Disease Can Be Cured by Defeat
From a psychological perspective, Russia may be suffering from collective paranoid schizophrenia. If so, then it needs to be defeated for any healing catharsis.
Fortune Favors the Brave EXCLUSIVE
Oleh Dunda
Fortune Favors the Brave
The audacity of Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has perplexed many analysts. But the brazen attack on Russian soil may forestall any third-party attempt to press Kyiv into concessions.