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The imperial mindest knows no borders

A conversation with Vitaliy Dribnytsia, a Ukrainian historian. Interviewer: Nikodem Szczygłowski

April 21, 2026 - Nikodem Szczygłowski Vitalii Dribnytsia

Nostalgia is a drug

A review of Once Upon a Russia: Voices from a vanished era. Edited by: Steven A. Fisher. Publisher: Forest Cat Press.

April 20, 2026 - James C. Pearce

The return of the despot

The philosopher Karl Jaspers, writing in the aftermath of the Second World War in Germany, maintained that only a nation prepared to recognize its own guilt can recover from the moral and spiritual catastrophe of totalitarianism. The Germans slowly came to understand this after 1945. In Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new authorities never acted on this realization.

April 20, 2026 - Jens Malling

How much fascism is there in Putin’s regime? 

A review of Russia and Modern Fascism: New Perspectives on the Kremlin’s War Against Ukraine. Edited by Ian Garner and Taras Kuzio.

March 20, 2026 - Matthias Vetter

Russia’s river strategy is the next Eurasian power shift

While the world’s gaze is fixed on Donald Trump and if he can broker peace in Ukraine, Moscow is quietly launching a far bigger game. As Washington obsesses over Beijing, Russia is weaving together rivers, railways, and drone corridors into a new logistics superpower, aiming not just to recover from sanctions but to dominate the Eurasian continent. Step by step, Russia is expanding its reach by building new shipping routes, reviving old canal networks, and rolling out new technologies like drones - to reshape the map of Eurasia to its advantage.

March 2, 2026 - Maryna Venneri

“Russia: its history, literature, and culture, have become pariahs”

A conversation with Professor Hubertus Jahn on the intellectual consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Interviewers: Dina Gusejnova and Simone Geggie, with editorial support from Dorine Schellens.

February 25, 2026 - Dina Gusejnova Hubertus Jahn Simone Geggie

Towards a new world disorder?

The post–Second World War international order appears to be nearing its end. It is increasingly being replaced by a system that openly presents itself as non-liberal, if not outrightly anti-liberal. Should this emerging (dis)order remain nominally rules-based, its rules will differ fundamentally from those established after 1945. They may simply reflect the shifting whims of powerful leaders rather than stable and broadly accepted norms of conduct.

February 23, 2026 - Andreas Umland

When war becomes a national idea: Russia’s strategy towards Europe

If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, it will double down on efforts to destabilize Europe and may again turn to armed aggression. The safest and cheapest option for NATO is to give Ukraine the financial and military support it needs to block Moscow’s imperial ambitions. Meanwhile, the unpunished genocide unfolding in the heart of Europe painfully exposes the weakness and cynicism of Europe’s legal and value-based order.

February 23, 2026 - Maria Domańska

The future of war

A conversation with Peter Warren Singer, strategist and senior fellow at New America. Interviewer: Robert Finch

February 22, 2026 - Peter Warren Singer Robert Finch

Armenia needs to reclaim its bargaining power

A conversation with Dr Eduard Abrahamyan, senior research fellow at the Institute for Security Analysis (Yerevan) and an international relations scholar at University College London. Interviewer: Tatevik Hovhannisyan

February 22, 2026 - Eduard Abrahamyan Tatevik Hovhannisyan

“But Russians are resisting” – Meet Putin’s exiled opponents in Europe

In Europe there is a vast, diverse and fragmented galaxy of Russians who oppose Putin’s policies and the war in Ukraine. From Paris to Berlin, from Vienna to Munich, a panorama of those keeping Russian civil society alive.

February 16, 2026 - Francesca Barca

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

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