A dispute over one of Poland’s highest state honors has escalated into one of the most sensitive diplomatic tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, highlighting how historical memory continues to shape contemporary…
Why Viktor Orbán Is Demonizing Ukraine
March 19, 2026 By David Kirichenko, and Alexander J. Motyl The National Interest Hungary’s prime minister is desperate to deflect attention toward Ukraine and the EU and away from his own loss of public support. With Hungary’s April 12 elections…
The Absurdity at the United Nations: When Nepotism and Propaganda Replace Leadership
On March 2, 2026, the United Nations Security Council convened in New York amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. However, the meeting that followed will likely be remembered not for its substance or diplomatic outcomes, but for the spectacle…
U.S. Decision to Allow Indian Purchases of Russian Oil Sparks Concern for Ukraine
The United States has issued a temporary 30-day waiver allowing India to purchase Russian oil stranded at sea, a move aimed at stabilizing global energy markets amid Middle East tensions. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the measure as a…
A Tripolar World
December 8, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS On December 4, Trump released his dangerous new US National Security Strategy for the United States. It was weirdly silent concerning Russia’s global terrorism and relatively benign toward China. However, it described Europe as a…
Putin’s Art of the Steal
December 4, 2025 DIANE FRANCIS Vladimir Putin used the December 2 talks with American negotiators in Moscow to enhance his international stature, lower Europe’s, threaten NATO, and continue playing the “long game” to wear down Ukraine and its allies. President…
Russian diplomacy as a tool of systemic influence in the war against Ukraine
Valerii Zaluzhnyi 10 November Henry Kissinger noted that the heaviest burden of politicians is the need to make decisions when there is not enough time or information, and the consequences of your decisions cannot be predicted. Unlike a historian or…
UWC raises concern over planned Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest
October 20, 2025 The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) welcomes efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the Russian Federation’s illegal war against Ukraine and restore international peace and security. We consistently support constructive initiatives aimed at achieving a just…
Keir Starmer’s Experiment With Donald J. Trump
Askold Lozynskyj There is no other way to explain Trump’s second official state visit to the United Kingdom at the personal invitation of King Charles III. Two of Trump’s major flaws aside from ignorance are arrogance and narcissism. The Prime…
The Education of Donald J. Trump
By Branislav Slantchev August 22, 2025 The first months of Trump’s return to office have been dominated by one question: what will he do about Ukraine? Supporters insist he alone can bring peace, critics fear he will abandon Kyiv and…
Canada reinforces its support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine
August 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine The international rules-based order, established after the Second World War, is under increasing pressure. At this hinge moment, Ukraine is, once again, at the frontline of the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. That is why…