German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has put forth Boris Pistorius to be Germany’s new defense minister, filling a critical role in his cabinet after Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday, January 16th, following a series of missteps. Boris Pistorius will officially take office Thursday after being sworn in. …

2022 was a year of radical changes in the configuration of world politics. It brought new global challenges and a myriad of possible future scenarios. Covid and the green economy, which were trending in 2021, have receded into the background, giving way to international security issues related to Putin’s unprovoked…

In classical chess, the situation in which Russian President Vladimir Putin currently finds himself is called a zugzwang. Each new move of the player only worsens their position. Putting the opponent in zugzwang is a common way to help the superior side win a game, and in some cases, it…

The partial mobilization announced by Vladimir Putin on September 21 has led to serious demographic and social changes, the consequences of which have yet to be assessed. According to official statements, as many as 318,000 Russian men have already been called to the war with Ukraine. Unofficial data indicate that…

Rumors that the Russian army was preparing a new offensive against Ukraine appeared in mid-December. In recent weeks, even the exact dates have been mentioned, i.e., before February 15. Then the date of a possible offensive was pushed back to late February. Among other things, there was talk of a…

Austria and Hungary agreed not to send any weapons to Ukraine. The decision was made at a meeting between Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner and her Hungarian counterpart Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky. During a joint press…

For Ukraine, the struggle to secure modern Western battle tanks was a very symbolic way of consolidating support for its allies. However, this struggle was only the beginning of a larger information campaign that showed the range of different approaches within NATO countries. After months of bickering between Western allies…

“When my guard comes forward, there is no room for democracy,” was how Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany once remarked. This referred to the last offensive attempts of the Kaiser’s Germany at the end of World War I. Today, for the Russian autocratic leadership, these words also sound like an…

The impact of confrontation in the information space on the average information consumer is one of the least studied “side effects” of any world battle. Today, as in the era of World War II, the global importance of propaganda and misinformation should not be underestimated. The Russian aggression against Ukraine…