Ukraine: Have we reached a hinge of history?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on March 3, the West will “get over” its “hysteria” about Ukraine. I am afraid he might be right. And I am afraid of… Read more »
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Holodomor roots of Russia’s Ukraine barbarities
The roots of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be traced back to the defining event of Ukraine’s modern history: the Holodomor, or “hunger-extermination” of the 1930s, reports suggest. Today, as… Read more »
Ukraine: A chance for democratic renewal or ‘worst is yet to come’ for the West?
Some 78% of Americans see the Ukraine war as a fight for global democracy rather than solely as a regional conflict, according to a new Citizen Data survey, Jennifer Rubin… Read more »
Strategy vs ideology: Putin sees Ukrainian democracy as a threat to his Russian mission
Ukrainians’ willingness to engage in defending the country prior to the outbreak of war is predicted by strong feelings of Ukrainian nationalism. But it is also associated with the endorsement… Read more »
‘Grand strategic mistake’: Ukraine spells the ‘beginning of the end’ for Putin?
History has accelerated; the impossible has become possible. Shifts that no one imagined two weeks ago are unfolding with incredible speed, notes Anne Applebaum, the author of Twilight of Democracy: The… Read more »
Action for Democracy targets Hungary & ‘kleptocratic autocrats’
A new pro-democracy group launched Thursday with an initial focus on Hungary, casting it as the “next battleground state in the global fight to defend democracy,” and Viktor Orban –… Read more »
Victory of a Defeat? Ukraine invasion ‘plants a bomb under Russian state’
A completely unnecessary war has started, born out of one man’s nostalgia, paranoia and fear of losing power, Anne Applebaum tweeted. Like the Russian czars before him—like Stalin, like Lenin—Putin… Read more »
Ukraine: ‘What Putin Fears Most’
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO membership was often seen as a path toward EU integration among the new democracies of central and eastern Europe. But since NATO… Read more »
‘Potemkin politics’: Putin’s Ukraine narrative rings hollow
In his speech to the Russian nation on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin buoyed his case for codifying the cleavage of two rebel territories from Ukraine by arguing that the… Read more »
Organized labor – militates against autocracy, mobilizes for democracy
The mobilization of a pro-democracy coalition of trade unions – the Sudanese Professionals Association – raised the profile of student and opposition activists through a public call to spread the… Read more »