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The Russian president's announcement to change military and nuclear doctrine is aimed at dissuading Western powers from supporting Ukraine.

"Non-Allied" Countries and Russian War in Ukraine: An (im)Possible Engagement After a series of minor but painful military defeats, largely caused by the lack of much-needed ammunitions, Ukraine also experienced several diplomatic setbacks on various fronts, even though Ukrainian officials still try to put on a brave face. Some were...

It is time for a more geopolitically assertive European Union to rethink geographically and broaden thematically its Eastern policy.

In France, the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly had the effect of a tsunami. In three weeks’ time, we risk seeing a cohabitation that would severely test French support for Ukraine and even the foundations of our democracy. However, even in these dark times, the struggle...

How to win when your enemy is superior in number of men and weapons? The Ukrainian political scientist calls for “reframing the fight”.

The pogrom at Makhachkala airport took the world by surprise. How should we interpret this event? Was it spontaneous or was it a manipulation by Russian power which thus sought to send messages to the West and Israel?

Mikhail Savva, political scientist and expert at the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, calls for reform of international humanitarian law in the face of Russian authorities' misleading and deceitful behavior. In his view, the existing mechanisms are not sufficient to force Russia to respect the international conventions it has...

According to this French historian, the image of an almost monolithic Putinist system now turns out to be an illusion. Putin has prevailed because he promises two things: fabulous wealth for those who serve him, and the restoration of Russia as a great power. Today, however, he has wrecked...

Essayist and journalist Jean-François Bouthors examines the symbolic significance of this Pyrrhic victory, based on the capture of Bakhmut by Yevgeny Prigozhin's militia. For him, the Wagner militia embodies a nihilism comparable only to the ideology of al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS). It's the cult of death in the...

Marianna Perebenesiuk, an analyst of Ukrainian origin who is often invited on French TV channels, shares her thoughts on the principles of organizing television debates. Her main thrust is to make the difference between a contradictory debate and commentaries on current events. These commentaries require expertise, but they are...