Ukraine: Old Batteries and Recycling—When Volunteers Take on the Energy Challenge
In a basement in Lviv, the nonprofit Florida Man for Ukraine recycles all kinds of electrical devices to build portable power storage systems. Benjamin,...
The “Median Corridor”: The Geopolitical Implications of a South Caucasus and Trans-Caspian Axis
The organization of a pan-European summit in Yerevan earlier this month highlighted the diplomatic fruitfulness of the European Political Community, Armenia’s pivotal role, and...
“Together, Let’s Save Ukrainian Hostages”
In January 2026, Desk Russie and the association “For Ukraine, for their freedom and ours!” (PLU) organized, at Paris City Hall, an evening debate...
The Price of a Zero: The Russian Economy on Life Support
Our readers are familiar with Vladislav Inozemtsev’s work on the “economics of death” (deathonomics) in wartime Russia. Pierre Raiman offers a wide-ranging reflection on...
Putin’s Regime: A Systemic Threat?
On April 8, Galia Ackerman was invited by the Union of Honorary Consuls in France (UCHF) to give a Zoom lecture, to which numerous...
Gulf War, World War
I was mistaken in my editorial of March 1st when I claimed that the war in Ukraine would prevent Russia from actively supporting Iran,...
Ukraine: Phoenix, or the Project for Humanitarian Autonomy
The Phoenix Center, located in the Lviv Oblast and run by the Volunteer Action association, provides temporary shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing...
The North Sea as a Theater of War
Geohistory and the Demands of the Moment
Do Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. counter-blockade mark a strategic turning point? These...
George Orwell × Raoul Peck: 2×-2 = -4
Or How to Dissolve Totalitarianism in Images Through a Critique of the Western World
This article on the film by internationally renowned Haitian director Raoul...
Why Die for Hormuz?
Were the United States and Israel wrong not to have warned their European allies of the outbreak of war against Iran? Were the Europeans...
It’s One or the Other…
It’s one of two things: either the United States and Israel have painted themselves into a corner with their war against Iran, or this...
From the Arabian Gulf to Ukraine: The Russian-Iranian Alliance and the West’s Geopolitical Double Vision in a World at War
From the Persian Gulf to Ukraine, the Russian-Iranian alliance—with China as a backdrop—is a powerful reality. Yet it remains underestimated on both sides of...
How Eschatology Wreaks Havoc in the United States and Russia
Beyond the establishment of a “vertical of power,” beyond the dominant influence of oligarchs close to the presidential clan, beyond corruption, nepotism, and anti-liberalism,...
Systema Clubs and Their Extensions: ‘Sleeper Cells’ and Russian Networks of Influence
Over the past twenty years, the combat technique known as “Systema” (Система, “System”) has rapidly spread beyond Russia. Former KGB agents now in power...
See You in ‘Nuremgrad’: Russian Guilt and European Debts
For a "Nuremgrad trial" to take place, the collapse of the Putin regime will first be necessary. But this trial cannot be limited to judging criminals.
Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech “The Sinews of Peace” and Today’s World
To mark the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s famous Fulton speech, the French Chapter of the International Churchill Society and Le Grand Continent organized...
A Look at Hungary
Orbán's Hungary is at the crossroads of Trumpism, Putinism, Sinophilia, and even Pan-Turanism. Will voters place their trust in other political forces?
The Russians are Coming (Again)
The Russian Federation announced its decision to reclaim its place at the 61st Venice Art Biennale at the last possible moment, not without a...
The Epstein Case, a Godsend for Russian Propaganda
The Kremlin's bigots, as shown by independent Russian media, indulge in pedophilia and debauchery and are every bit as bad as Epstein's cronies. But...
“Who Else but Us?” With the Rescue Workers of Kramatorsk
In the main city of the Donetsk oblast that remained under Ukrainian control, the teams of the State Emergency Service face all dangers.
The Eurasian Worldview, the Bedrock of Russia’s Grand Strategy
Eurasianism is not simply an intellectual doctrine. It encapsulates the long history and practice of Russian power.
Thank You, Ukraine!
As they embark on an air campaign against Iran, do Trump and Netanyahu realize what they owe to Ukraine?
The Heraskevych Affair and the Olympic Committee Innocence
A tribute that is forbidden, "neutral" flags that are tolerated: sportswashing is one of the weapons of the Russian aggressor.
Wandering Endlessly With Macron, or Thinking About the War in Ukraine With Aron
Four years into Russia's war of aggression, Europe still hasn't understood the nature of this war, nor has it defined the objective of its...
Maja Thrane, a Swedish Woman Helping Ukraine
A journalist and translator, she sees in Ukrainian mutual aid a democratic lesson for the future.