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Please, Do Not Betray My Crimea

Crimea is not just a lump of land, it is the home to many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. In exile or under occupation, it is a part...

Apr 29

Russia: Erasing Ukraine’s Memory

The Kremlin demands control not just of Ukraine’s future, but also of its past. Source Novosti Donbasa Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was...

Apr 25

Europe’s Defense Spending Puzzle Can Pay Huge Dividends

Can Europe double the number of main battle tanks and triple its nuclear submarine force at a much-reduced unit price? Yes, and here’s...

Apr 23

Britain’s Spymasters — The Kremlin’s Most Feared Enemy

A profound anxiety about the espionage capabilities of the UK and France is rooted deep in the Kremlin’s consciousness. While the US...

Apr 18

Ukrainian victims of war crimes need new approaches to justice

Photo source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine In recent months, international media coverage of Russia’s Ukraine invasion has focused...

Apr 17

Europe’s Vital Nordic-Baltic Shield

There is much to do if Europe wants to deter war, and much of that will depend on the countries in the continent’s northeast. By Eitvydas...

Apr 11

Putin is ruthlessly erasing Ukrainian identity in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Ukrainians living under Russian occupation to “legalize” their status by September 10 or...

Apr 10

Russian spies as disinformation actors

For years, one of the biggest obsessions of pro-Kremlin disinformation peddlers has been convincing their audiences that any and all...

Apr 4

Putin Has the Fancy Watches — Europe Has the Time

Now more than ever, Europe must stand firm to ensure peace with justice. That means maintaining full military and other pressure on...

Apr 3

Three Ways to Build EU Defense

As the US prepares to cut support for “free-loading” Europeans, the continent has a plan to rapidly scale-up its defences. How should it...

Apr 1

Sympathy With the Devil: The Lie of NATO Expansion

The Kremlin has accomplished something that even its most fervent propagandists might have considered impossible: Western figures now...

Mar 27

Wide Awake and Busy: The Baltics Prepare for Russian Hybrid Attacks

Not all European Union countries are prepared to counter Russia’s hybrid threats, but proximity has increased awareness and readiness in...

Mar 24

NATO’s capability development: A call for urgent reform

Photo by Marina Militare In today’s fast-evolving security environment, NATO finds itself at a critical crossroads. Rapid technological...

Mar 21

What we have learnt about FIMI after three years of full-scale war in Ukraine

By Mykola Balaban and Serhii Zhukov The modern level of economic, political, and informational globalisation offers vast opportunities...

Mar 19

Russia’s Interference Freezes NATO Exercise

Moscow’s hybrid war has stopped a NATO military exercise in Romania. President Vladimir Putin’s disruptive meddling is causing serious...

Mar 10

North Korea Fighting Against Ukraine: How and Why Russian Propaganda Denies It

Since the full-scale invasion, discussions have occasionally arisen about the so-called “Korean scenario” for Ukraine. In 2022, “...

Mar 4

The Kremlin’s energy myths melt away

The colder it gets, the more desperate pro-Kremlin disinformation becomes. This winter, the usual scare stories about Europe’s supposed...

Feb 20

The Plague of Sexual Violence Against Ukraine’s Prisoners of War

Ukrainian prisoners of war are suffering sexual violence and rape, compounded by a suffocating silence that isolates them from the world....

Feb 19

Using NATO’s Article 5 Against Hybrid Attacks

Hybrid warfare against NATO nations should trigger the doctrine of collective defense. But how would it work in practice? By Eitvydas...

Feb 12

The Kremlin’s misuse of Nazism as a weapon of information manipulation

Russia’s obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state serves to justify the ongoing invasion and to distract from Russia’s own...

Feb 3