Apostolos Thomadakis considers conflicts of interest in countries’ responses to Putin’s attack on Ukraine, and discusses an apparent void in effective and strategic European or global leadership on this crisis. Continue reading The Ukrainian invasion: the world stage without a lead?
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Explore a second collection of analyses from UCL experts across the disciplines, on the unfolding war in Ukraine. Continue reading Ukraine analyses, Vol. 2
Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics at UCL SSEES, explores the level to which Russians oppose the war on Ukraine and the Russian state’s capacity to control the narrative. Continue reading Ukraine: Russian opposition to the invasion is giving Putin cause for alarm
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has brought war to Europe, catalysed a humanitarian and refugee crisis, and transformed the continent irrevocably.
In response, the European Institute has collated comment pieces from academics across UCL, with expertise spanning Russian, Ukrainian and East European Studies, Political Science and International Relations, History, Political Thought and Literature. Continue reading UCL analyses of Russia’s war on Ukraine
Dr. Nicholas Wright explains why the UK is in for a ‘foreign policy reckoning’ with the incoming Biden administration in the US. Continue reading UK foreign policy in the Biden era: an opportunity for the UK to re-establish itself post-Brexit as a credible international partner
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