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Putin Wants to Capture Ukraine’s Crucial Fortress Belt Without a Fight

By Mykola Bielieskov, for UkraineAlert As US-led efforts to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine struggle to gain momentum, Vladimir Putin’s latest territorial demands include the...

Fog of War: Defeat and Victory

Decisive outcomes on the battlefield are rare; what comes next matters more. By Edward Lucas, for CEPA In war, argued Carl von Clausewitz, “the result is never...

Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting Is Impossible, Say Russia’s Propagandists

Russia propagandists were in a lather of excitement during and after the Alaska summit. The mood has changed. By Julia Davis, for CEPA Russian state media have...

Gas Transit and the Death of Russian-Made Myths

The Kremlin issued dire warnings to Europe when Gazprom’s gas transit agreement with Ukraine ended. In fact, Russia has been the loser. By Sergiy Makogon, for CEPA Kremlin-backed propaganda...

Trump Offered Putin Victory in Ukraine. Why did Putin Refuse?

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert US President Donald Trump is “very disappointed” with Vladimir Putin and is giving his Russian counterpart just ten more days...

Browser History: The Kremlin’s Newest Weapon

Russia’s rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. But there’s resistance. By Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, for CEPA The Russian...

Countering Disinformation, one International Volunteer at a Time

By Polina Lebedeva, for EUvsDisinfo In late June, a 30-year-old German-American volunteer crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border to begin combat training with Ukraine’s armed forces. Like...

Behind the Lines: Crimean Tatars Battle to Save their Language

Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine. Linguists...

Empire’s Echoes: Secrets and Lies

Government secrecy breaches leave red faces in London. By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Old habits died hard in the former empire. Murky commercial and espionage interests...

BeachReading: Total War

Russia’s old-new military doctrine, Ukraine’s struggle, and the future of the West. By Edward Lucas, for CEPA As European decision-makers head for their summer break (“I am...