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The Belarusian Volunteer Movement in Ukraine: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

The development of pragmatic and targeted steps in the context of interaction with Belarusian volunteers should become part of Ukraine’s broader strategy towards Belarus. This strategy should enable effective responses to immediate and long-term challenges posed by the Lukashenka regime.

How to Bridge the EU’s and Ukraine’s Defence Industries: Mechanisms and Directions

In the period 2024–2025 the EU made several significant strategic decisions regarding military and technical support for Ukraine, as well as the strengthening of its own defence capabilities.

NATO–Ukraine cooperation — current prospects and future challenges

This chapter addresses the questions of where NATO–Ukraine relations stand after the NATO Summit in The Hague and whether the summit brought Ukraine’s desired membership any closer.

From Association to Isolation: the Moldovan Scenario Based on the Georgian Example

The central issue remains the preservation of the integration trajectory towards the European Union, which is of key importance not only for Moldova itself, but also for Ukraine and the region as a whole.

HOW RUSSIA-BELARUS INTEGRATION CHALLENGES REGIONAL SECURITY

The deepening of further military cooperation between Russia and Belarus poses a threat not only to Ukraine’s security but also to that of European countries.

Putin and Lukashenko’s Nuclear Blackmail: Current Threats to the International Security System

This study aims to develop effective narratives that will contribute to changing the position of Western countries regarding their attitude toward Russia’s nuclear arsenal and the possibility of its use.

The Black Sea Trends: Strong Currents, Strategic Depth, and High Waves

Trends that are formed under the influence of critical factors create the basis for scenario development at the level of individual states and interstate relations (trend-impact effect). The identification of the cross-impact effect provides opportunities for building development scenarios for the region as a whole.

Drone Warfare: Strategic Implications for EU Defence Strategy

Revisiting the EU Capability Development Priorities in the Coming Age of Autonomous Systems

Lines and Lanes: Exploring Europe’s role in securing just and lasting peace in Ukraine

The EU has been one of the most active promoters of the Peace Formula initiative proposed by President Zelenskyy. European institutions and member states provided substantial support in the preparation for the first Global Summit on Peace in Ukraine, held in Switzerland in June 2024.

EU’s autonomous collective defence capabilities 

How to defend itself and be a credible European NATO pillar?

Quality vs Quantity in EU Drone Acquisition Policy

Leveraging Ukraine’s Drone Production Capacity to Strengthen European Defence Industrial Base

Russian narratives on peace negotiations

At this stage, Russia’s position on peace negotiations to end the war is based on two key factors. The first and main factor is to demonstrate exclusively maximalist conditions for both ending the war and starting negotiations