Perhaps the most notable dismissal in a recent reshuffle that brought no radical changes was that of Dmytro Kuleba as foreign minister.

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Dara Massicot, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, and independent researcher Alexey Gusev to discuss the unprecedented turn of events at the frontline following Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region.

Shaped by both Western conservatism and domestic prejudice, queerphobia in Russia is now part of the ideology of war.

Finland sees the weaponization of migration as a form of hybrid warfare and has introduced legislation to combat it.

The repercussions of outlawing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate could be more serious than Kyiv seems to realize.

A spate of arrests in Tajikistan come as President Emomali Rahmon prepares to step down in favor of his son.

Amid deteriorating relations with the West, Georgia has embarked on a long-term pivot toward Eurasia, with the potential for the further stabilization of relations with Russia.