Ukraine war

May 1, 2025

A Liberal Future for Ukraine?

It has been over three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As morning dawned on 24th February 2022, most analysts in the West thought Ukraine stood little chance. As Russian troops flooded into Ukraine from the north, south, and east, the talk from media outlets and Western governments was about arming an insurgency, not a conventional defence.
April 9, 2025

How Much Do European Countries Spend on Defence, and How Much Does It Matter to Them?

Amid the heated transatlantic disputes of the last few weeks and the realisation that the US wants to play a smaller role in the defence of Europe, one thing is becoming clearer – the EU in the coming years will have to invest more in defence.