Andreas Umland

Stockholm Center for East European Studies, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

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Five Reasons Why the EU Should Grant Ukraine a Candidate Status

For Moscow, an unequivocal positive answer from Brussels to Kyiv, Tbilisi and Chisinau will be a significant signal...

9 June 2022, 16:00 — Andreas Umland

Long-reads and interviews

Negotiations or capitulation? How the view of Ukraine peace talks needs to change

Some Western countries, due to constant threats from Moscow, are afraid to acknowledge that Russia is an enemy that must be defeated. In doing so, the West harms itself…

13 May 2024 — Sergiy Solodkyy, for European Pravda

Europe Day’s Ukrainian dimension. Why Ukraine is important to the EU

As a full EU member, Ukraine will undoubtedly become stronger. But its integration will also strengthen the European Union itself.

9 May 2024 — Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine

Ukraine has received Western weapons with permission to hit Russia. An interview with Latvia's Foreign Minister

Baiba Braže: "Ukraine can strike not only Ukraine's sovereign territory but also those places from where Russia is attacking, because that's covered by international law."

2 May 2024 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda