Global context of war

Since gaining independence in 1956, the country has rarely known peace. Civil wars, ethnic persecution, and decades of neglect have shaped the lives of millions — and still mark the country’s reality today.

Twice in the span of a decade, Russia launched brutal wars to crush Chechnya’s bid for independence. From the scorched ruins of Grozny in early 1995 to the infernal razing over the winter of 1999-2000, followed by the unrelenting national...

“My whole life has been a road to prison”, recalls Joseph Zissels, a Ukrainian public figure and human rights activist of Jewish origin. In the 1970s, he was an active participant in the Ukrainian dissident movement and joined the Ukrainian...

Signing a mineral deal has become a hot topic in Ukraine-US policy relations, with the Trump administration viewing it as part of a broader push for a quick peace with Putin.

Since 2021, Myanmar has been plunged into a brutal civil war. It began when the military overthrew the democratically elected government, igniting mass protests across the country. The peaceful resistance was quickly met with violent crackdowns — bullets against banners....

The partnership between Russia and various autocratic regimes, as well as terrorist organisations, dates back to Soviet times. Since the 1960s, the USSR relied on disinformation and proxy groups to destabilise the West while fueling conflicts in the Middle East...

Almost any country could face a large-scale challenge such as armed aggression, natural disasters, epidemics, or economic crises. However, besides caring for the well-being of its citizens, many countries care about global issues. Today we will tell the story of...

Since at least 2014, both blatant and subtle forms of propaganda have played a significant role in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, furthering anti-Ukrainian narratives globally. Specifically, Russia has manipulated maps to artificially link temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia by...