Good to Know: The offense-defense balance
The technology and tactics behind Ukraine's August 2024 offensive into Russian territory.
Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire?
A new survey reveals how people on the front lines process the tradeoffs of war
Do people in Donbas want to be ‘liberated’ by Russia?
We surveyed people in Ukraine’s contested eastern region to see what they wanted. Here’s what we found.
Will Russia recognize the independence of two eastern Ukraine republics? Here’s what people there think.
Those who live in the Donbas region care more about bread-and-butter issues, our latest surveys reveal
Ukrainians in our survey weren’t enthusiastic about NATO exercises close to Russia
The Kremlin’s defense strategy depends on keeping a buffer between the Russian heartland and Europe.
A new survey of the Ukraine-Russia conflict finds deeply divided views in the contested Donbas region
Many in the breakaway territory see a future with Russia
Five ways the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will change the map
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire after six weeks of fighting
The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh is about local territories and wider rivalries
We surveyed people in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia about land and geopolitics.
What’s driving the Belarus protests?
Our survey reveals some clues, as well as generational divides
Flight MH17 crashed six years ago. Ukrainians have very different views on who’s to blame.
Russian misinformation may be drowning out factual evidence
Six years and $20 billion in Russian investment later, Crimeans are happy with Russian annexation
Our survey shows high levels of trust in Putin — though lower than in 2014.
Is Ukraine caught between Europe and Russia? We asked Ukrainians this important question.
Our new survey shows a divided nation
10 years ago, Russia built a border wall, too. Here’s the story.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the
Here are the 5 things you need to know about the deadly fighting in Nagorno Karabakh
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20 years after Dayton, here’s what Bosnians think about being divided by ethnicity
[caption id="attachment_35152" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Alija Izetbegović, center, president of
Srebrenica at 20 years: How do we study genocide?
[caption id="attachment_27291" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A Muslim woman visits the Potocari
What people in southeast Ukraine really think of Novorossiya
[caption id="attachment_25298" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A map of the historical region
Russian and Ukrainian TV viewers live on different planets
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Mistrust about political motives in contested Ukraine
[caption id="attachment_21233" align="aligncenter" width="992"] Left to right, Russian President Vladimir
How popular are Putin and Obama in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine?
It is well known that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions
How people in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria feel about annexation by Russia
Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail) is Director of the Government