All’s fair in love and war: Democracy in a state of emergency
By Corina Rebegea, for CEPA
In
the fight with the global COVID-19 crisis, many leaders are adopting a
wartime discourse. The measures imposed—lockdowns,...
Moscow’s territorial virus: Countering the Kremlin’s incapacitation of Ukraine
By Janusz Bugajski, for CEPA
The recent announcement in Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Chief of Staff that the government is willing to...
COVID-19: to counter misinformation, journalists need to embrace a public service mission
By Stephen Cushion, for The Conversation
As COVID-19 spreads globally, so has misinformation about how to counter it. From politicians downplaying the risk it...
For the Kremlin, COVID-19 is not just a crisis, it’s an opportunity
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
A
longstanding goal of Vladimir Putin’s regime is to replace the liberal
rules-based international order with one based on spheres...
“If you want to know, you can know”
By EU vs Disinfo
Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist and the author of the book The Lost Island, which was published in Kyiv in February...
Moscow triangle: Russia, the European far right, and the “Third Party” to tango noir
By Anton Shekhovtsov, for CEPA
Relations between various Russian actors and European far-right parties have been the focus of many discussions in the...
Putin is changing the Russian Constitution for his own ends
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline Times
Kseniya Kirillova analyses the new laws which enshrine the Russian President’s future power, control of the past and...
On pandemics and alliances
By Edward Lucas, for CEPA
Truth and cooperation on one side; lies and selfishness on the other. Which side will beat the coronavirus? Put...
Emigrant espionage: How the Kremlin keeps the Russian diaspora abroad vulnerable
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline Times
Kseniya Kirillova explains the influences that make Russians overseas prey to pressure from Vladimir Putin, and how to...
“Nothing Beats the Good Old Inside Source”
By EU vs Disinfo
Denis Korotkov is a Russian journalist who has systematically followed the trail of oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, “Putin’s chef”, ...