Stephen Holmes

professor at New York University School of Law

Long-reads and interviews

Plan B for Ukraine: how Orbán was barred from blocking Kyiv's EU bid

As of today, the responsibility for EU accession lies solely with Ukraine. Whether the parliament, the president and the government can implement the necessary reforms is now entirely up to them.

11 December 2025 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, from Lviv

Second attempt to find funding for Ukraine: can the EU unlock frozen Russian assets?

The previous model was bolder but too risky. The new one is less legally sophisticated, but much more stable.

9 December 2025 — Serhiy Verlanov, For European Pravda

Security at a crossroads: how the US and Russia are pushing for a new European order through "peace" in Ukraine

Russia and the US are jointly destroying the remaining international rules established after World War II. "The consequence will be more armed attacks," they acknowledge in Europe…

4 December 2025 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, from Brussels