We have nowhere to retreat to, explained Serhiy Zhadan at Kyiv’s Yalta European Strategy conference. The writer and poet, today wearing the uniform of the 13th Khartiya National Guard Brigade,…

The global independent news media is facing a series of crises, including the decline of print journalism, the overpowering influence of tech giants, and the struggle to secure sustainable financing…

Becoming a Fellow of the Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute’s flagship event for 20 years held in the heart of the Elk Mountains over 2000 meters above sea level, was a humbling and mind opening…

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The centralization of power in Xi Jinping’s hands leaves China’s economy without experienced experts to manage policy. As everything must be decided personally by the president, delays and about…

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Has the situation in the Baltic Sea changed after Sweden and Finland joined NATO? It probably has, if the head of Polish diplomacy says publicly that the Russian Baltic Fleet may meet the same sad…

When Russia brutally attacked Ukraine in February 2022, the Western powers responded by imposing the broadest and, as it was then believed, the most effective sanctions on Moscow. In this article,…

interview People have short memories and few remember what it was like to live behind the Iron Curtain. Things like visa-free travel, study abroad and harassment-free life are being taken for granted, says…