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Analysis: No, the West Didn’t Halt Ukraine’s Peace Talks With Russia

by Volodymyr Artiukh & Taras Fedirko

In a recent article for Novara Media, Oliver Eagleton argued that the UK halted early peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Volodymyr Artiukh and Taras Fedirko say he’s mistaken – and that diplomacy alone couldn’t have stopped the war anyway.

Analysis: Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine

by Oliver Eagleton

By preventing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Liz Truss is dragging out a devastating conflict. But that’s a price she’s willing to pay for preserving Britain’s interests, argues Oliver Eagleton.

Soldiers of Russia's Interior Ministry practice martial arts during a drill marking Reconnoissance Day in the southern Russian city of Stavropol

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

by Diyora Shadijanova

Ethnic minority soldiers from low income Russian regions are already dying at a higher rate in the war. Now Putin’s latest mobilisation is causing fresh fear – and increasing tensions across the federation.

Two nuclear power station towers emit plumes of smoke

Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?

by Ell Folan

Liz Truss wants to turbocharge nuclear power. As well as its environmental implications, asks Ell Folan, could it even solve our energy crisis?

Analysis: Don’t Ignore Biden’s Shadow War

by Oliver Eagleton

With Joe Biden looking set to double down on America’s drone programme, Oliver Eagleton argues that the return to traditional warfare in Europe must not eclipse evolving modes of conflict elsewhere.

Private First Class Jeremy Bauth, of the Colorado National Guard's 220th Military Police Company, stands guard at a checkpoint during a US National Guard operation in 2018 outside of Fort Greely, Alaska, 28 February 2018. Photo: Specialist Michael Risinge / US Army National Guard

Long Read: The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

by James Meadway

The Arctic Council is collapsing over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes James Meadway, setting the stage for a geopolitical conflict of epic proportions.

Report: Central Asia Will Be Collateral Damage in the Ukraine Crisis

by Volodya Vagner

With the Russian economy tanking, post-Soviet republics - and the Central Asian migrant workers who sustain them - are in deep trouble. Volodya Vagner reports from Kyrgyzstan.

Russian army take part in a rehearsal of military parade on April 18, 2022 on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in preparation for the May 9 parade. About 11 thousand military personnel, 131 units of modern weapons and military equipment, 77 aircraft and helicopters are involved. Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war, seeking to slice the country in two in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories.

Feature: How Putin Bribed Russia’s Peasant Army Into a War They Don’t Want

by Liza Smirnova & Alexey Sakhnin

Three-quarters of Russians are city-dwellers. Yet the army today looks almost the same as it did under the tsars, write Alexey Sakhnin and Liza Smirnova: peasants in overcoats.

TyskySour: Assange Closer to Extradition, Patel to Decide Fate; More Partygate Embarrassments

A UK court has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, leaving the decision on his fate with home secretary Priti Patel. We speak to Matt Kennard of Declassified UK about the significance of the ruling. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.