Lacking in any strategic thinking, a new bellicism has swept up the elites and gone into cataclysmic overdrive in recent weeks

European officials are working on a major new package to ramp up defense spending and support Kyiv as President Donald Trump pushes for a quick end to the war in Ukraine.

RIP: Wolfgang Sporrer was a friend, co-author, and one of the most persuasive proponents of inclusive diplomacy in Europe

RIP: Wolfgang Sporrer was a friend, co-author, and one of the most persuasive proponents of inclusive diplomacy in Europe

RIP: Wolfgang Sporrer was a friend, co-author, and one of the most persuasive proponents of inclusive diplomacy in Europe

Mikhail Benyash spent years working as a lawyer in the Krasnodar region, where he often defended Russians against persecution by the authorities. This undertaking invited its own police pressure, with...

Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle USAID clearly aren’t driven by fears of infringing on other nations’ sovereignty. Still, we should recognize that Global South NGOs’ reliance on Western donors hinder...

Serbia’s unrest.

Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle USAID clearly aren’t driven by fears of infringing on other nations’ sovereignty. Still, we should recognize that Global South NGOs’ reliance on Western donors hinder...

Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle USAID clearly aren’t driven by fears of infringing on other nations’ sovereignty. Still, we should recognize that Global South NGOs’ reliance on Western donors hinder...

Discover the significance of USAID spending in Haiti and its implications for US foreign policy. Get expert analysis from Jake Johnston.

Conversation with Ukrainian activists

The issue all my work as an activist and analyst has always boiled down to

In late September, while President Volodymyr Zelensky was presenting his “victory plan” for Ukraine in Washington, 53-year-old Serhiy Kanalosh was dying in a hospital after four days spent at a…

Protests unusually violent after ruling govt. delays EU membership talks and critics continue to deny election results

The European Parliament has called for elections to be rerun amid claims of irregularities and intimidation.

Mikheil Kavelashvili is the best embodiment of a Georgian man by his nature, if you like, by his habitus - I am sure that he will fully restore the dignity temporarily taken from the institution of th...

This week on War & Peace, Olga and Elissa talk with Tbilisi-based journalist Joshua Kucera about Georgia’s disputed parliamentary elections, the ruling Georgian Dream party’s success, the recent unrest in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, and the evolving ambitions of Russia and the EU in the region.

Moldawien gilt wie die Ukraine als ein zwischen Russland und der EU umkämpftes Land. Im Interview mit zwei Aktivistinnen der Frauenbewegung gehen wir der Frage nach, welche Probleme die Bevölkerung ha...

Sweden, Norway, and Finland sent out survival booklets to their respective citizens