Theater of war: Russian efforts on the Ukrainian front
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The war in Donbas [eastern Ukraine] is winding down. Now instead of sending “vacationers” to Donbas and instead of shelling towns and villages, Russia’s major efforts on the Ukrainian front will be concentrated on an endless tug of war around…
Oct 19, 2015
Putin has decided to battle the United States
Nobody can forbid Putin from delivering a speech at the United Nations, just like almost 55 years ago, on October 12, 1960, nobody could prohibit Khrushchev from taking the podium and banging his shoe; or Castro from speaking for 4…
Sep 25, 2015
Finding friends in quest to rebuild Ukrainian nation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Throughout human history, and the history of economics in particular, the countries that saw change coming and were ready to gamble everything to win in the high risk game of political and economic competition were the ones that had thriving…
Sep 19, 2015
Ukrainian Science Takes a Leap To Europe
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”Participating in the program ‘Horizon 2020‘ provides great opportunities by making available the financial resources which Ukrainian scientists have never had”.
Sep 9, 2015
The West is pushing Poroshenko to make Ukraine the ‘Iraq of eastern Europe’
Could Western pressure push Ukraine toward instability? This controversial analysis compares the country’s trajectory to Iraq—raising urgent geopolitical questions.
Aug 2, 2015
A letter from occupied Donbass
A letter from occupied Donbass: Conversation with a businessman/separatist a year after. In the summer of 2014 I had the opportunity to chat with a number of people who were supporters of the “DNR.”
Jul 30, 2015
National Myths: Stealing Truth and Distorting History in War
It is an interesting and much under researched fact that all nations have ‘national myths’. In times of war these become particularly important: they become almost ‘rocks of unity’ around which all set aside previous disputes and make them a…
Jul 6, 2015
Between life and death
”The war will not end until the last soldier killed in the war has been buried.” The latest opinion from Ukraine about current state of deal by Olha Bohomolets – Head of the Parliamentary Commission on Health and Advisor to the…
Jun 27, 2015
The Germans are only now learning about Ukraine’s role in the victory over Nazism
After the collapse of the USSR Russia held a monopoly over the right to be called the victor over Nazism. Now is the time to tell the world the truth. Natalia Pysanska for radiosvoboda.org
Jun 7, 2015
The billboards of Donetsk: big brother is watching you!
Perhaps before long every “citizen of the DNR” will be forced to carry a collection of quotes from Big Brother at all times? A letter from occupied Donetsk, conflict zone in eastern Ukraine by Anton Averchenko, engineer working in a defense…
Jun 5, 2015
Learning Military and Intelligence Lessons: Past and Current International Mistakes
Explore the biggest international military and intelligence errors that shaped modern geopolitics and why world powers still repeat them. A compelling empr.media analysis you cannot skip.
May 3, 2015
Mariupol: Russian-Ukrainian war chronicles 2014-2015
In times of Russian aggression in Ukraine the southern city of Mariupol has lived through occupation, liberation and artillery attack that claimed dozens of civilian lives. EMPR looks back at the chronicles of Russian aggression in Mariupol compiled by Vadym Dzhuvaga.
Apr 30, 2015