Category: Central/Eastern Europe

As symbol of global ideological struggle, Ukraine ‘galvanized democracies’ – and complicated support strategies

     

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February made democracy’s defense a priority of the highest geopolitical as well as normative order, says a new report. It propelled commitments to protect democracy… Read more »

Putin’s Ukraine war is ‘turning Russia into a failed state’

     

Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »

Russia sought to impose autocracy on Ukraine – now it’s discrediting populism

     

A former commander in the Russian mercenary Wagner Group is seeking asylum in Norway, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the Associated Press on Monday. The man, whom it identified as Andrey Medvedev,… Read more »

Ukraine’s struggle the catalyst for 2022’s democratic comeback

     

Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion has been the catalyst for a democratic comeback after a decade in which authoritarianism and populist xenophobia were rising, notes analyst Michael Hirsh. Those menacing… Read more »