France’s New Budget Clears the Way for a Military Spending Boost

France’s delayed budget for this year was passed on Monday, clearing the way for higher military spending promised by President Emmanuel Macron to confront threats linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine and... Read more »

No, Hungary, banning Russian gas isn’t a violation of EU law

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); When Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on 2 February that Budapest had taken the EU to court over REPowerEU—the regulation that phases out Russian gas imports by late 2027—the message... Read more »

“Myanmar never fully caught up with the outside world” • Ukraїner

We met with Burmese journalist Swe Win in a hotel lobby in Vienna, where we were both staying as speakers at the International Press Institute event. Swe Win, in his mid-forties, has... Read more »

Day 1,440: majority of Ukrainians reject ceding all of Donbas to Russia in exchange for security guarantees, poll finds

A Russian drone attack on a mining facility in the region of Dnipro kills 12, injures 16 others. A majority of Ukrainians reject ceding all of Donbas to Russia in exchange for... Read more »

Russian Missile Bombardment Exploits Ukraine Air Defense Ammo Shortages

Russia’s ongoing missile and drone bombardment has shut down much of Ukraine’s power grid and heating infrastructure because air defense units are short of ammunition to shoot back with, especially at usually... Read more »

Putin-Style Purges: What’s Behind the Kremlin’s Personnel Reshuffles?

At the end of last year and in early 2026, a series of significant personnel changes  took place in the high echelons of Russian state power. The changes affected the Presidential Administration,... Read more »

Fewer Ukrainians now believe war will end in first half of 2026, survey shows

Only 21% of Ukrainians expect the war to end in the coming weeks or at least in the first half of 2026, compared with 33% in autumn 2025 and 26% in December,... Read more »

Motivair by Schneider Electric Announces New Coolant Distribution Unit Scalable to 10 MW and Beyond for Next-Generation AI Factories

Motivair by Schneider Electric Announces New Coolant Distribution Unit Scalable to 10 MW and Beyond for Next-Generation AI Factories Motivair by Schneider Electric, a leading innovator in liquid-cooling technologies for digital infrastructure,... Read more »

“Школа актуального мистецтва”: у Вінницькій дитячій художній школі запрацював новий напрям 

З початком другого семестру у Вінницькій дитячій художній школі стартував новий освітній напрям — “Школа актуального мистецтва”, що поєднує академічну художню освіту з сучасними мистецькими практиками та роботою з новими медіа. Про... Read more »

The Old World Order Is Dead

There were two big puzzles confronting structural theories of international relations at the beginning of the 1990s. The first was straightforward: why had everyone been surprised by the dissolution of the Soviet... Read more »