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Author: Daniel Gleichgewicht

America embraces imperialism and ditches Europe

In 2025, America abandoned Ukraine and Europe to Russia and chose the imperial past as a future. It is a turning point. Washington nodded eagerly in agreement with Moscow’s insistence on dividing the world into 19th-century-style spheres of influence. AI rapidly replaces hydrocarbons as the main source of wealth and influence. Only states with stockpiles of nuclear weapons remain genuinely sovereign.

January 23, 2026 - Tomasz Kamusella

Ukraine’s fields, the EU border

Ukraine’s agricultural industry has faced a variety of challenges since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. While farmers have fought hard to maintain production, its export has caused friction with allies in the West. It is clear that agriculture will remain a key issue in ongoing talks over the country’s potential integration.

January 22, 2026 - Anna Romandash Nata Yasevych

The western delusion of the Russian opposition

Western institutions treat exiled Russian opposition figures as democratic alternatives to Putin. In reality, they lack legitimacy, are deeply divided, and often prioritize Russian victimhood over Ukrainian suffering.

January 20, 2026 - Beka Iromashvili

Zero margins: Model shows Europe’s long odds in a Baltic war

As Washington increasingly adopts a more transactional approach to defence in Europe, the threat to those states on the border with Russia increases. Simulations suggest that while Europe remains more powerful, it may simply be unable to overcome internal differences in time to stop Moscow’s plans.

January 19, 2026 - Dragoman Praxis

“Despite all the foreign policy grandstanding, Hungary is less sovereign today than it was a decade and a half ago”

An interview with Ferenc Laczó, assistant professor of history and co-editor of A Global History of Hungary. Interviewer: Emese Vig.

January 16, 2026 - Emese Vig Ferenc Laczó

“The village of war widows”: how women in Kosovo rebuilt life after war

Among financial insecurity and taboos, 27 years on, the challenges facing survivors of Kosovo’s war serve as a warning for other conflicts.

January 14, 2026 - Lola García-Ajofrín

The Ukrainian model of societal resilience: why the country did not collapse under full-scale war

While Ukraine’s armed forces continue to defend the country from Russian aggression, they have also been supported by a vibrant and effective civil society. Volunteer groups have played an outsized role in maintaining the war effort and now even offer a model to allies in the region.

January 12, 2026 - Maksym Sydorchuk

Ukrainian refugees in Canada are successfully integrating into society

An interview with Valeria Yakushko, who is pursuing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on the Ukrainian refugee crisis and integration of Ukrainian refugees in host countries.

January 9, 2026 - Andrii Kutsyk Valeria Yakushko

The European Union’s Black Sea strategy

Brussels recently introduced a new strategic concept for its activities in the Black Sea region. While ambitious in its goals, it will require a great amount of political will in order to make them a reality.

January 8, 2026 - Volodymyr Dubovyk

The case for a self-regulating ceasefire in Ukraine

Diplomatic initiatives to end the war in Ukraine are fundamentally misguided, because they seek a political solution that remains unattainable under current circumstances. International efforts should instead focus on securing a stable ceasefire that locks in the existing contact line without conditioning its achievement on impractical and damaging political concessions on Ukraine’s sovereignty or the fate of its occupied territories. The durability of such a ceasefire should rest primarily on Ukraine’s own strength, not on international peacekeepers or Russia’s goodwill.

January 7, 2026 - Tabib Huseynov

Russia’s next step in the “sovereign internet” – towards full isolation?

Russia is actively moving towards digital isolation. The necessary infrastructure already exists, and the country is modifying its digital systems to make sovereign internet a reality.

December 29, 2025 - Beka Iromashvili

From Bologna to Kutaisi: Georgia’s university “reform” undermines its European path

Higher education in Georgia has long been viewed as an integral part of the country’s European integration. Despite this, new reforms proposed by Georgian Dream threaten not only these connections but the very independence of the system itself.

December 23, 2025 - Giorgi Odoshashvili Nino Dolidze Tamar Gamkrelidze

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