Miles Kellerman

Assistant Professor of International Organization and Multi-level Governance at Leiden University

Long-reads and interviews

Trump’s deal with Belarus’s dictator: what lies behind the release of political prisoners?

Alexander Lukashenko has moved to release his "most valuable" hostages, receiving in return the lifting of US sanctions on Belarusian potash.

15 December 2025 — Yurii Panchenko, European Pravda

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