WUB Hub News

We have updated the resources page on this website to include a recent BBC interview with Siarhei and Sviatlana Tsikhanouski, recorded following Siarhei's release from a Belarusian prison after five years.

We are pleased to publish our latest Policy Brief, "Reforming Ukraine: Actors, Scrutiny, Change". The Policy Brief is based on a webinar that was convened on 30 April. Read the Policy Brief here. A recording of the webinar is available here.

In a new article on the WUB Hub blog, IGSD Research Fellow Anastasiia Kudlenko argues that US president Donald Trump's promotion of peace talks has not only failed to bring peace to Ukraine, it has in fact undermined Ukraine's defence in several ways. Trump's goal is not so much peace as the normalisation of US relations with Russia, she says, and points to policies that will help to strengthen Ukraine's resilience. Read her analysis here.