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Why Crimea is the key to the Ukraine war

Many talk about the peninsula’s ethnic ties to Russia, but less so about its strategic implications. The explosions that damaged the Kerch bridge nearly two weeks ago have put the spotlight back on the strategic significance of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in March 2014. Just before …

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The Wishful Theory of ‘Strategic Russian Defeat’

Throughout the eight months of the Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin has stressed that his war is an existential struggle for Russia, a fight for a new world order. Now, important Western policy thinkers appear to be coming to the same conclusion: The narrative is shifting from helping Ukraine win to …

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Sergej Kreso: ‘Religious Identity Didn’t Mean Much to My Generation’

The legendary Bosnian filmmaker, who has just produced a new docu-film, discusses identity, Balkan Beats, migration – and how a near-death experience in the Bosnian war almost ended his career before it began. Bosnian filmmaker Sergej Kreso – who just came out with a new docu-film on Balkan Beats DJ …

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