Having silenced critics at home, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is now seeking to do so beyond the country’s borders.
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The 2024 D-day commemorations sent a message of European unity but missed the opportunity to acknowledge Ukraine’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
Why is there such a Russian focus on the Second World War? Because it’s used to justify authoritarian states, the rule of dictators like Putin and Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko.
Some Belarusians have even become directly involved in the conflict to support the Ukrainians.
NATO members, particularly those in eastern Europe, fear a Russian invasion of their territory. By stationing some of its nuclear weapons in the U.K. again, the U.S. could ease those fears.
New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
What are tactical nuclear weapons and would Russia resort to using them in Ukraine?
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus remain a worrying wild card with possible consequences for the conflict and the wider region.
Machinations over the march on Moscow are continuing.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The revolt by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops put the US in an unusual situation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
For the past few years Alexander Lukashenko has had to depend on Moscow’s help to keep him in power. Now he appears to have returned the favour.
Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression.
If Russia moves nuclear warheads into Belarus the political fallout could be enormous.
The IOC has an opportunity to disavow the violence and illegality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by extending the platform and status of refugee athletes to Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Since 2021, the tiny Baltic nation of Lithuania has come up against three authoritarian regimes: Belarus, China, and Russia. Its capital, Vilnius, is at the forefront of Western support for Kiev.
The Kremlin’s weapons of mass distraction are designed to keep Kyiv and allies guessing.
Principais colaboradores
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies and Associate Member of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Researcher in International Politics, University of Hamburg
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Research fellow with the Centre for French Culture, University of Warsaw
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Director, Centre of East European and International Studies (ZOiS) and Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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PhD Fellow in Political Science, Ghent University
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Teaching Fellow in Public Policy and Management, University of Birmingham
