After Ukraine: Will the Baltics become the ‘new West Berlin’?
The way a regime treats its own people is often indicative of how it will act toward other nations. Vladimir Putin has provided us with a tragic reminder of this… Read more »
Category: Analysis
Can West be Ukraine’s ‘Arsenal of Democracy’?
Vladimir Putin’s hatred of my homeland is fueled by Ukraine’s decision to pull away from the Soviet model and go in a completely different direction, says Oleksandr Sushko, executive director… Read more »
Experts call for ‘limited no-fly zone’ over Ukraine
A “limited no-fly zone” over Ukraine would protect established humanitarian corridors for those fleeing the country and “deter Russian bombardment” to protect civilians, says an open letter to the Biden… Read more »
‘A Test We Cannot Fail’: Ordinary Ukrainians giving extraordinary lessons in democracy
For anybody trying to keep track of the war this is an extraordinarily useful resource from Bellingcat. Follow the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map https://t.co/M5IaHtWjgQ — Lawrence Freedman (@LawDavF) March 6, 2022… Read more »
Londongrad – Butler to the World?
Vladimir Putin’s savage attack on Ukraine has brutally brought to the fore the phenomenon known as “Londongrad”. The warm home the British establishment and its financial system provide for dirty… Read more »
Russian opposition to Ukraine invasion ‘giving Putin cause for alarm’
Over a million people have signed an online antiwar petition after human rights activist Lev Ponomarev published a Russian-language letter against the war (see below). The initiative came as jailed… Read more »
West’s democracies must ‘stop another Grozny or Aleppo in Kiev’
It is up to the West’s democracies to stop another Grozny or Aleppo in Kiev, a leading Ukrainian activist said today. “People in Kyiv are ready to sacrifice their lives,”… Read more »
Revenge of the Patriarchs: Why Autocrats Fear Women
In response [to the authoritarian resurgence], we’ve seen an unprecedented number of mass pro-democratic social movements rising up to resist the autocratic tide, says Erica Chenoweth. Many of these—in places… Read more »
‘Offshore Cold War’: Expunging transnational kleptocracy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “existential battle between democracy and money,” according to Oliver Bullough, the author of a new paper from the International Forum for Democratic Studies at… Read more »
Ukraine’s authoritarian turning point: A new Marshall Plan for a new Cold War?
A prominent Cold War historian fears that Russia’s invasion, regardless of its outcome, portends a new era of immense hostility with Moscow — and that this new cold war will… Read more »