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Why Russia’s military moves in 2025 show it is not ready to stop

Despite periodic ceasefire declarations, the Kremlin’s military strategy in 2025 shows no intention of negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. On the contrary, rapid troop mobilization, ramped-up military spending, and increasing missile and drone production indicate that the Kremlin wants to continue its offensive to maximize territorial gains this year. The West must plan its actions accordingly and avoid prematurely assuming that peace is on the horizon.

May 14, 2025 - Maksym Beznosiuk

How Central and Eastern Europe perceives the Russian threat

The war in Ukraine has brought back debate on possible new aggression from Russia. But for Central and Eastern Europe, the risk of being annexed and erased from the map is centuries old. Without a doubt, the lessons of history are essential for forming judgments about today's events.

According to a pattern that was somewhat predictable, but with a completely unexpected impact, Donald Trump's return to the White House is upsetting the dynamics of international politics, creating insecurity and fuelling instability. It is also bringing back into focus a topic that periodically emerges in European public debate and was already discussed during the first term of Trump’s presidency: the need to establish a common European defence.

May 5, 2025 - Andrea Pipino

Ukraine is a victim of Russian and western imperialism

Ukraine continues to resist Russian imperialism on a daily basis. However, it is important to recognize the West’s role in enabling Moscow’s behaviour in the first place.

May 2, 2025 - Gabriele Kaminskaite

Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths

While behind Ukraine’s physical front line, the port city of Odesa has become a focal point for the memory war now being waged by Moscow. The varied realities of life in the city over the past few centuries are still threatened by an essentially imperial narrative promoted by the Kremlin.

March 4, 2025 - Nina Kuriata

Navalny: a patriot and an imperialist

Alexei Navalny is still remembered best for his pro-democracy activities in Russia. Despite this, the activist also maintained a troubling loyalty to many aspects of Russian imperialism. A democratic future for the country will only be possible when such issues are confronted head on.

January 30, 2025 - Gabriele Kaminskaite

Russia as the “weakest link” in the international order at the beginning and end of the 20th century? – a comparative analysis

There has been a lot of debate over whether or not recent Russian history has been somewhat cyclical in nature. Successive collapses in the 20th century offer potential insights into the Kremlin’s behaviour today.

January 28, 2025 - Leonid Luks

Russia won the propaganda war in Barcelona

Following Russia’s inexcusable invasion of peaceful Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian flags, ribbons and other signs of solidarity with this country under attack have been proudly displayed across democratic Europe. Shockingly, they are absent in Barcelona. Instead, quite open public support is lavished on neo-imperialist Russia.

June 10, 2024 - Tomasz Kamusella

Oppressed empire

The Kremlin's rhetoric about the fight against western imperialism reveals more about Russia's war with Ukraine than it would seem at first glance.

February 27, 2024 - Fedor Agapov

On the failure of the Russian and Soviet “Hegemonic Projects”

Around 170 years ago the Crimean War put an end to almost forty years of Russian supremacy in Europe. Other Russian and Soviet hegemonic projects were also to fail several times in the 20th century. Despite this, the current Russian leadership is once again advocating for the creation of such a project. Does this aspiration of the Putin team to restore the country's powerful position have any chance of succeeding?

February 5, 2024 - Leonid Luks

Going native: Russian studies in the West

The West’s endorsement of Russian imperialism comes in different forms, sometimes taking on the guise of “Eastern European studies” in renowned centres of learning.

August 11, 2023 - Tomasz Kamusella

Scenarios for the Russian Federation

The unforeseen consequence of the decisions made by Russia's power wielding elites could be the emergence of something entirely new.

December 21, 2022 - Dmytro Zolotukhin Oleg Magaletskyi Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi Valerii Pekar

Mysteries of “Great Russian literature”

The expression “Great Russian literature” remains a ubiquitous phrase in discussions surrounding Russia’s literary output. In spite of this, history shows that this phrase possesses a key political aspect that is essential to understanding the Kremlin’s hybrid war today.

October 21, 2022 - Tomasz Kamusella

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