By Askold Lozynskyj The Munich Security Conference 2026 was hardly a revelation. Rather it was an affirmation of reality. This fact was apparent in opening remarks by the host, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor did not lament the loss…
What will a Trump-led peace deal with Russia look like?
Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling has a clear eye on future talks, and an increasingly war-weary Ukraine may be ready to sit down too Mark Urban Saturday November 23 2024, 6.00pm GMT, The Sunday Times It’s felt like a week on the…
Fighters against "fascists" and Ukraine: How Russia’s influence network operates in Canada
12 November 2024 Anastasiya Ringis, European Pravda At the end of October, Canadian parliamentarians convened a Standing Committee on Public Safety Security and Defence Committee session to discuss the impact of Russian disinformation on Canada’s information landscape. While testimonies…
A Request and Challenge to President-Elect Trump: The Case for Ukraine’s NATO Membership
Askold S. Lozynskyj November 7, 2024 According to Politico, seven NATO member countries remain hesitant to extend a membership invitation to Ukraine. Citing four anonymous U.S. and NATO officials and diplomats, Politico names the United States, Germany, Spain, Belgium,…
SOMETHING FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
Ukraine’s blood and the West’s heedless “mush” The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in his article “The World That Awaits the Next President” (NYT, 7 August 2024, p. A23) wrote: […] … Moscow seems to have pressed…
“Russia will arm the Houthis…”
by Askold S. Lozynskyj “The New York Times” reported that Russia has been providing small arms to the Houthis. American officials including Secretary Austin during his recent visit to Ukraine indicated that according to American military intelligence Russia is…
BRICS Summit: Kremlin’s ‘Anti-Colonialism’ and Russia’s Colonized Nations
The Federal relations expert Harun (Vadim) Sidorov believes that the BRICS summit held in Kazan is directly related to the decolonization agenda and is “an illustration of the different attitudes of the Kremlin and its opponents towards it.” According to…
How Western intelligence agencies helped Vladimir Putin
The bloody consequences of misjudging Ukraine’s will to resist Nick Cohen September 29, 2024 Writing From London Go back to 24 February 2022, the most fateful day in Europe this century: the day when Vladimir Putin sent his…
Russians Do Break: Historical and Cultural Context for a Prospective Ukrainian Victory
Ben Connable September 25, 2024 For major wars like the one being fought between Russia and Ukraine, the military, the people, and the state interact with one another to constitute a collective national will to fight. In most wars,…
RT is now a main unit of Russian intelligence apparatus, US and allies say
David DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 13, 2024 04:02 PM ET A Kremlin cyber operations unit has been embedded in RT since last year and has gone to global lengths to spread Russian propaganda, said Secretary of State…
Back to Ukraine
by Askold S. Lozynskyj An Eyewitness Account The first night in Lviv was replete with sirens of various categories and lengths This had been preceded several days earlier by an unprecedented missile attack resulting in serious fatalities including that…