Eastern Europe

Allies ready to deploy troops to Ukraine, but they need backing from the US

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - September 4, 2025.

European countries are stuck between a rock and a hard place as a coalition of countries meets in Paris on Thursday to discuss security guarantees...

Security Guarantees for Ukraine: A Diplomatic Tightrope Amid Global Tensions

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel, TA Kyiv - September 2, 2025.

Security guarantees for Ukraine appear to be the most crucial element of any roadmap to peace. Yet they have also proven the most difficult to...

Zelenskyy seeks talks with Trump and the Europeans on slow progress of peace efforts with Russia

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - August 30, 2025.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian officials want to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders next week to discuss recent developments...

The Case for a Ceasefire in Ukraine

Eastern Europe Richard Haass - August 27, 2025.

“Ripeness is all” opined Edgar in Shakespeare’s King Lear. Everyone would do well to keep this in mind amid diplomatic efforts to end the war...

Church or Kremlin’s tool?

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel, TA Kyiv - August 26, 2025.

Ukraine may ban one of its branches of the Orthodox Church if it fails to sever ties with Russia. August 18 marked the final deadline...

Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights

Eastern Europe TA | AP Insight - August 23, 2025.

Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that still haunts...

Why did Donbas become indispensable to Putin?

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel, TA Kyiv - August 19, 2025.

A small territory in eastern Ukraine — Donbas — long remained outside the glare of media attention, even within Ukraine itself. Now, it has become...

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