Kyiv is being told to give up territory which forms its main barrier preventing Russia from sweeping across Ukraine.
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Ukraine may need a major, system-level change or crisis in Russia to regain any lost territories.
A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine took place on June 2. Again both leaders were not present.
For Russia, the return of Donald Trump provides a chance to end western sanctions against it, and provide solace for its appalling war losses.
The use of North Korean troops will add a significant political dimension to the conflict, even if the military value is limited.
People have long visited places like Auschwitz-Birkenau and, more recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now we’re seeing ‘solidarity tours’ to Israel’s October 7 sites and war tourism in Ukraine.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a war of attrition, and most analyses have assumed that plays to Russia’s advantage. But that view disregards the importance of Ukrainian resolve and morale.
Alexei Navalny’s successors — not western leaders — are best placed to carry on the fight for Russia’s future. But they’ll only succeed if Navalny’s cause isn’t seen as anchored to western ideals.
Ukraine can still emerge victorious in its war with Russia despite a failed summer counteroffensive. But what’s required now is a realistic assessment of Ukraine’s position and what is achievable.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky admits there is no end in sight to the war with Russia.
Elections to install pro-Moscow puppets in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine should not be taken seriously. Here’s why.
The Wagner Group boss is becoming increasingly critical of the way the war is being run.
Russia appears to have refocused on the land war with the aim of taking more territory.
Ukraine’s morale remains high, despite months of bombardment and drone strikes.
While Russian public opinion polls show continued support for the war, there are questions about the polls’ reliability and indications that public approval of Putin is declining.
Russia has annexed four Ukrainian regions, saying they have always been part of the ‘motherland’. But Moscow’s territorial claim is as flimsy as the excuse it used to start the war
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
The Kremlin claims 97% of votes counted are for the four occupied regions to join the Russian Federation.
Putin simultaneously seeks to control Ukraine, to dominate Russia’s region, and to hasten the fall of the West. And is an internal struggle on the horizon?
An anthropologist explains how years of conflict have made Ukrainians reassess their priorities and relationships.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's Russia Institute, King's College London
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Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School
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Director, Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
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Associate Professor of Communication (Clinical) and Co-Director of Eurasian Security and Governance Program, The Ohio State University
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Owen L. Coon Endowed Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, Northwestern University
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Founding Dean and Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School, Indiana University