Donbass: endless positional warfare
Russia-backed Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic on the one hand, and the Western-backed Ukraine on the other hand, keep simulating the peaceful settlement of the Donbass...
Category: Eurasia
Is Belarus distancing itself from Russia?
Russia is struggling to keep Belarus in its geopolitical orbit. Minsk, on the other hand, is keen on keeping as much of its sovereignty as possible. The two-decade-old alliance between the two...
Will Russia return Donbass to Ukraine?
After the prison swap between Russia and Ukraine, the West expects Moscow to withdraw its troops from the Donbass. That will reportedly be one of the topics that the Russian President Vladimir Putin...
What does Russia and Ukraine’s historic prisoner exchange mean?
Moscow and Kiev exchanged 35 prisoners each on Saturday 7 September in a historic occasion that saw the 24 sailors captured in the Kerch Strait in 2018 returned to their families. Those freed by...
Russia’s Protests Are About More Than Elections
For the past three weekends, central Moscow has resembled more of a warzone than a quickly developing modern metropolis. Tens of thousands of people have been peacefully protesting in the street...
Donbass: Waiting for major war
The election of Volodymyr Zelensky hasn't brought peace to the Donbass. Shelling is still a daily reality for the local population, as well as sporadic fighting. Recently pro-Russia forces...
Everything You Need To Know About Georgia’s First Ever Pride Week
In the midst of chaotic demonstrations and under threat from anti-LGBTQ groups, an organization made up of seven queer rights activists has managed to pull off the country’s inaugural Tbilisi Pride...
Future of the Eurasian Union – Enlargement or Stagnation?
Five years after its foundation, the Eurasian Economic Union exists only on paper. Although the member state leaders are constantly trying to portray the EAEU as a counter balance to the European...
Will Azerbaijan’s LGBTQ Crackdown Affect its E.U. Relations?
A new wave of arrests targeting the LGBTQ community in Azerbaijan has brought renewed attention to the country’s poor human rights record. On April 1, as many as 15 gay and transgender people were...
In Conversation with Turkish Writer Ege Dündar
I sit in North London, in a flat with windows the length of the floor to the ceiling, overlooking passers-by getting on with their day. Ege Dündar is looking out the window, reminiscing on his life...