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Content covering countries in Eastern Europe, including Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, and more.

Past Events

Ukraine: From Battlefield to Bargaining Table?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Samuel Charap, Elina Beketova, Jen Stout, and Ivo Daalder discuss the current state of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing attempts to end the conflict.

Apr 24

Ana Miyares Photography

The Future of the Russian Opposition

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Natalia Pelevina, Konstantin Sonin, Dina Smeltz, and Olga Kamenchuk discuss the future of Russia's opposition movement and the challenges Russian activists are facing.

Feb 20

Speakers on stage. From left to right: Olga Kamenchuk, Konstantin Sonin, Dina Smeltz, Natalia Pelevina

Ana Miyares Photography

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Commentary & Analysis

June 6, 2025

Russia and Ukraine Are Both Still in This War for the Long Haul

In the News

World Politics Review

Paul Poast

With Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine demonstrated it has a lot of fight left. All that means is that the war is set to rage on, Paul Poast writes.

A fisherman passes by a mural in Kyiv depicting the head of Ukraine's Security Service Vasyl Malyuk

Efrem Lukatsky / AP

Defense and Security

May 28, 2025

Where Americans Stand on the War in Ukraine

In the News

The Ukrainian Weekly

Dina Smeltz

"Americans place most of the blame for the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Putin rather than Zelenskyy," Dina Smeltz says, pointing to recent Council-Ipsos polling.