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How Does Ukraine Talk to the Wider World? We Asked the Ukrainian Institute
Ukraine wants to be heard around the world. But we must also learn to listen to the wider world in return. The Ukrainian Institute — the country’s le…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Why colonialism is more complicated than you think - with Botakoz Kassymbekova
What’s the difference between colonialism and imperialism? What types of colonialism can we identify — and which of them are playing out in Russia’s …
10 months ago
Why Russia fears Ukrainian literature - with Myroslav Shkandrij
Myroslav Shkandrij is a prominent scholar of Ukrainian cultural history and Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He has writte…
10 months ago
His callsign is Caesar, he’s British, and he fights for Ukraine
There are foreigners fighting for Ukraine in this war — but their numbers are small. They are not sent by their governments; they come as volunteers,…
10 months, 1 week ago
Propaganda: shaping narratives in times of war. A public discussion at CEU, Vienna
Propaganda has long been a powerful tool for shaping public opinion, influencing international discourse, and justifying military actions. In Russia’…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Nobel-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz on the Failures of Neoliberalism and Sanctions Against Russia
Joseph Stiglitz is a world-renowned economist and thinker who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001. I met him in Tbilisi, the ca…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How Drones Are Dramatically Changing the War – with Nataliya Gumenyuk
This is a new kind of war. Drones have fundamentally changed its nature—and continue to do so every day. The threats now come from above, not just ah…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Look at Georgia to Better Understand Ukraine and Russia – with Tornike Gordadze
Why is Georgia drifting toward authoritarianism? Why is its current government aligning more closely with Russia and blaming its predecessors for Rus…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Hannah Arendt on evil: what can we learn from her today? - with Marci Shore
Some might argue that the concept of evil is outdated in our relativistic age. And yet—how can we speak of war crimes, cruelty, or the neglect of hum…
11 months, 1 week ago
How to win an information war? - with Peter Pomerantsev
We need a fresh perspective on propaganda. The old strategies for combating misinformation are no longer effective. Simply offering fact-checks isn’t…
11 months, 1 week ago