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Bruno Maçães on Europe, Eurasia, Russia, China, and Ukraine | Thinking in Dark Times # 5
Bruno Maçães is a Portuguese politician and author. He is the former Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal, and the author of numerous …
3 years, 6 months ago
Kherson liberated from Russian occupation. - Weekly, 6-12 Nov | Ep. 158
Ukraine has liberated Kherson. The biggest city occupied by the Russians since Feb 24, and the only regional capital the Russians had captured. This …
3 years, 6 months ago
Ukrainian universities during the war: a struggle for survival? | Ep. 157
Ukrainian higher education is facing enormous challenges during this war. Universities have been relocated from temporarily occupied territories and …
3 years, 6 months ago
Jonathan Littell on Ukraine, war crimes, fascism, and Russia | Thinking in Dark Times # 4
Jonathan Littell is a Franco-American writer and journalist. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Kindly Ones, a story of a Nazi SS officer …
3 years, 6 months ago
Russia's grain blackmail failed. - Weekly, 30 Oct - 6 Nov | Ep. 155
Russia's grain blackmail has failed, as Moscow showed it was incapable of blocking Ukrainian food exports. The next big battle will be over Kherson, …
3 years, 6 months ago
Philippe Sands on international law, and its future | Thinking in Dark Times # 3
Philippe Sands is a British and French writer and lawyer. He is a Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Blackouts in Ukraine after Russia targets energy infrastructure. - Weekly, Oct 23-30 | Ep. 153
4-8 hours of blackouts per day: Ukrainians are facing rolling electricity outages after Russian missiles have hit civilian infrastructure in the prev…
3 years, 6 months ago
Luke Harding on Ukraine, Russia, and war atrocities | Thinking in Dark Times # 2
Luke Harding is The Guardian’s correspondent on Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe. He is the author of books "Mafia State", "Collusion", "A Very Ex…
3 years, 7 months ago
Looming environmental disaster in Ukraine's south. - Weekly digest, 16-23 Oct | Ep. 151
Russian troops are preparing for street fighting in Kherson, as they cannot hold back the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the South. There is a risk th…
3 years, 7 months ago
Dostoevsky, crime, justice, and Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast | Ep. 150
This episode of the Explaining Ukraine podcast is made in partnership with Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast. With this podcast’s hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan…
3 years, 7 months ago