Explaining Ukraine

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Nicolas Tenzer - on morality in geopolitics | Thinking in Dark Times # 14 Apr 25, 2023

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Nicolas Tenzer is a French philosopher, analyst, and author of numerous texts about the issues of security and strategy. He founded and runs the blog “Tenzer Strategics” (in English). Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Nicolas Tenzer about the similarities between Nazism and Stalinism/Putinism, about morality in politics, and the need for more Western involvement in the fight against Putinist Russia. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. The series Thinking in Dark Times seeks to make Ukraine and the current war a focal point of our common reflection about the world’s present, past, and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

There is still much to learn about Ukrainian history - with historian Andrii Portnov Apr 21, 2023

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Andrii Portnov is a Ukrainian historian and essayist, the Chair Professor of Entangled History of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany, and one of the EU's rare professors of Ukrainian history. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Andrii Portnov about stereotypes we need to overcome when looking at Ukrainian history, about the blind spots of the Ukrainian past, and the ideological diversity of Ukrainian intellectual history. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. The goal of the series Thinking in Dark Times is to make Ukraine and the current war a focal point of our common reflection about the world’s present, past and future. We try to see the light through and despite the current darkness. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

What’s happening on the Eastern front? Bakhmut, Lyman, Slovyansk, and more | Ep. 219 Apr 06, 2023

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What is happening on the frontline? Are Russian claims of taking over Bakhmut true? What does the situation on the Eastern front look like? Are there still people living in destroyed frontline villages? Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist, in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Finland joins NATO: has Russia’s strategy failed? - Around Ukraine # 10 Apr 05, 2023

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Finland has officially joined NATO, which is further proof that the results of Russia’s foreign policy are contrary to its strategic goals. Russia has drafted a new “foreign policy doctrine” in which it claims to be a “state-civilization,” in line with the worst far-right Eurasianist ideas. - In a new episode of the series Around Ukraine, Volodymyr Yermolenko, UkraineWorld’s chief editor, speaks to UkraineWorld analyst Maksym Panchenko. Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a website in English about Ukraine, brought to you by Internews Ukraine. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Writers under attack: the cases of Ukraine, Nicaragua, Myanmar, and Egypt - with PEN International Mar 31, 2023

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PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, presented its 2022 CASE LIST, which documents 115 cases of writers facing harassment, arrest, violence and even death. This episode is a recording of an online panel of writers and activists discussing the situation surrounding freedom of expression globally, on the occasion of the publication of the 2022 Case list. The discussion focuses on cases in Ukraine under Russian attack, Egypt, Myanmar, and Nicaragua. Participants include Ma Thida (writer, activist from Myanmar, and Chair of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee), Ahdaf Soueif (writer and activist from Egypt), Volodymyr Yermolenko (philosopher, essayist, editor in chief of UkraineWorld, and President of PEN Ukraine), and Gioconda Belli (Nicaraguan poet and activist). The event was moderated by Tanja Tuma, PEN International Board Member and President of PEN Slovenia. It was held on March 21st. 2022 Case list: https://www.pen-international.org/news/impunity-reigns-writers-resist-pen-international-case-list-2022

Putin plays a nuclear card again - Around Ukraine #9 Mar 28, 2023

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Putin is threatening to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus. This could amount to a violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. China and Japan have opposing attitudes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which shows a clear divide between the two major Asian powers. In a new episode of the series Around Ukraine, Volodymyr Yermolenko, UkraineWorld’s chief editor, speaks to UkraineWorld analyst Maksym Panchenko. Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a website in English about Ukraine, brought to you by Internews Ukraine. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Ukraine’s fight against corruption: is it effective? - With Allan Pagh Kristensen Mar 27, 2023

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Fighting corruption is an essential element of Ukraine’s EU integration. To understand the EU perspective on this process, we spoke to Allan Pagh Kristensen, a Danish diplomat who heads the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

How Russia uses the grain exports problem to manipulate the global public - Propaganda diary #8 Mar 24, 2023

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its occupation of large parts of Ukraine’s Black Sea littoral zone caused serious problems for the exports of Ukrainian food worldwide. Although a “grain deal” was signed, it remains fragile, with Russia threatening to end it and blaming Ukraine for causing a food security crisis. In this episode of our “Propaganda Diary,” we analyze how Russia talks about the grain deal in its discourse to manipulate the global public and blame the victim. Volodymyr Yermolenko, UkraineWorld’s chief editor, speaks to UkraineWorld analyst Alona Hryshko. Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a website in English about Ukraine, brought to you by Internews Ukraine. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Are we facing a new China-Russia axis? - Around Ukraine #8 Mar 22, 2023

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China’s leader Xi Jinping paid a visit to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin and stress the strength of the China-Russia axis. The visit took place days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Putin and Russia’s children rights ombudswoman Mariya Lvova-Belova for ordering and overseeing the kidnapping of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. Russia downed an American drone over the Black Sea, well beyond Russian territorial waters. In a new episode of the series Around Ukraine, Volodymyr Yermolenko, UkraineWorld’s chief editor, speaks to UkraineWorld analyst Maksym Panchenko. Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld.org, a website in English about Ukraine, brought to you by Internews Ukraine. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

Askold Melnyczuk - on Ukrainian literature, diaspora, and culture during the war Mar 21, 2023

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Askold Melnyczuk is a prominent American writer of Ukrainian descent, and author of books What Is Told; Ambassador of the Dead; House of Widows; The Man Who Would Not Bow, and others. His novels have earned honors as a New York Times Notable, an LA Times Best Books of the Year, and an Editor’s Choice by the American Library Association’s Booklist. Melnyczuk has also translated numerous Ukrainian authors into English. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld, speaks to Askold Melnyczuk about Ukrainian literature today, about culture facing death and suffering, and the Ukrainian diaspora in North America. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the oldest Ukrainian media NGOs. Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. Support our humanitarian trips to the frontline areas: Paypal - ukraine.resisting@gmail.com

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