Ukraine mourns death of Nadia Diuk
Nadia Diuk (above, center) was by all accounts an extraordinary woman who leaves fond memories for her loved ones as well as a legacy of admirable work throughout which she displayed… Read more »
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Putin’s Russia is at ‘a dead end’
When the Ukrainian Orthodox Church broke from Russia’s, it dealt a blow to President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to portray his country as one people with a single identity, argues Michael… Read more »
Pro-Putin ‘realists’ distort western perceptions of Ukraine?
Portraying Ukraine as unstable and on the verge of greater instability has been raised by realist scholars since the early 1990s and continues to dominate much of the pro-Putin western… Read more »
Ukrainian anti-corruption activist, Kateryna Handziuk, dies from acid attack
The prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handziuk died on Saturday, The New York Times reports, several months after she was attacked with a liter of concentrated sulfuric acid. “Those who… Read more »
Why Putin abandoned Russia’s Western orientation
Less than a decade ago, it seemed self-evident that Russia, despite all of its cultural and political differences, was reclaiming its rightful place as part of the Western world. In… Read more »
Lessons Learned: How West’s vulnerabilities facilitate Russian influence ops
Despite the evidence that Russia is trying to interfere in the U.S. midterm elections, are concerned about the administration’s alarming silence about what Moscow’s trolls and hackers are up to,… Read more »
Kremlin tests hybrid warfare in Ukraine & Syria. But how effective is Russian propaganda?
The Kremlin is using Ukraine and the Syrian war to test hybrid warfare techniques such as the co-ordination of fake news with bombs and bullets, two former generals with expertise in unconventional… Read more »
Ukraine is ‘at the forefront’ of broader struggle for liberal democracy
Ukraine’s victory over authoritarianism matters for Europe, says Stanford University’s Francis Fukuyama. The country “is really at the forefront of a broad struggle for liberal democracy with various populists and… Read more »
Contentious narratives: Russia’s ‘shopping list of subversion’ exposed
Russian attempts to fuel dissent and spread disinformation have been exposed by a cache of leaked documents that show what the Kremlin is prepared to pay for hacking, propaganda and… Read more »
Antidote to disinformation: critical thinking vs. ideological cynicism
Civic education can be a vital antidote to disinformation, observers suggest. For a new generation of young Americans, “civics class has come to them,” notes New York Times columnist Timothy… Read more »