Ukraine’s economy has been one of the main bright spots after two years of brutal fighting. With decent preparation work... more

The war in Ukraine has evolved a huge amount since it began nearly 2 years ago, not least in terms... more

President Zelensky has said he wants to call up 450,000 - 500,000 new troops to the Ukrainian army in 2024.... more

As 2024 begins, the outlook for Ukraine is generally pessimistic, with foreign aid dwindling and the counter offensive stalled. But... more

2023 was a really difficult year for Ukraine. People expected that after the Kharkiv and Kherson counter offensives to spawn... more

The Western response to the war in Ukraine surprised the world in 2022 in how unified it was. European leaders... more

Getting in the mind of Vladimir Putin is a notoriously difficult, and indeed thankless, task. Russia analysts have long tried... more

Ukraine, and Eastern Europe more generally, have long had a demographic problem. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and... more

On Sunday October 15th, Poland went to the polls to elect a new government. As one of Europe’s most significant... more

Under its constitution, Ukraine is meant to be in the midst of parliamentary and presidential elections over the coming months.... more

Last year, Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine changed the world. But with the conflict reaching a kind of stasis,... more

What is it like to live through the psychological pain of war? How can you heal the trauma of genocide?... more

This week, it’s our last Q&A of the season. We reached out to our listeners on Twitter to see what... more

The aftermath of war leaves physical scars in its wake. The abject destruction of landscapes and cities like Kherson, Kharkiv... more

This week, Jakub and Nastya are speaking to Anna Myroniuk, the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. They discuss... more

The humanitarian response to the full scale invasion of Ukraine has been immense - an outpouring of good will from... more

This week, Jakub and Nastya are doing a special Q&A episode on the Russian Intelligence Services. We reached out to... more

For years, Putin has used his intelligence, including the FSB and the GRU, to try and understand Europe - what... more

In this week’s episode, we again take a look into Cyber Warfare, this time from a more policy focused perspective,... more

The war in Ukraine is being fought by land, sea, air… and online. Russia, has long been infamous for its... more

For many Ukrainians, holiday celebrations will look different this year. Some are in foreign countries, separated from friends and family.... more

The 20th century saw the development of an international rule-based order dictated by the United States, with countries tacitly abiding... more

For this week’s bonus episode, we’re speaking more about Roman Ratushnyi, the Ukrainian activist who fought to preserve Kyiv’s green... more

The demise of the USSR in the 1990s saw the state's vast wealth up for grabs by enterprising citizens; in... more

This week’s bonus episode is an extended interview with Bektour Iskender, a journalist and co-founder of Kloop, an NGO and... more

The countries surrounding Russia have long been on the frontline of the country’s aggressively expansionist policies. From Kyrgyzstan in Central... more

In this week’s bonus episode, we’re giving you an extended version of last week’s interview with Kyiv Independent reporter Alexander... more

With its glut of resources and natural gas, cheap Russian energy has long been a lifeline for nations across the... more

In this special bonus episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Radosław Sikorski, the Polish politician whose work across... more

Ukraine is the most significant part of Europe’s eastern borderland: all black earth and agriculture, the last bastion before the... more