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Blickpunkt Ukraine

Strengthening analytical decision-making capabilities in the field of foreign policy

by Mykhailo Samus, Valentyn Badrak, Taras Zhovtenko, David Derevlianyi, Alina Hrytsenko, Kostiantyn Kononenko, Ivan Gomza, Mykola Bielieskov, Onysiia Syniuk, Oleksii Yizhak, Andriy Starodub, Ivan Us, Maria Kucherenko, Olena Spesyvtseva, Ольга Петрів, Olha Vorozhbyt, Veronika Movchan, Yevgeniya Gaber, Ганна Шелест, Volodymyr Solovian

The research project is being implemented by the NGO “Centre for International Security” with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Ukraine

The project aims to consolidate civil society organizations engaged in foreign policy research in order to provide analytical support for the current activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and other central executive authorities. The project produces analytical papers on key issues of Ukraine’s foreign policy which may be used in the government decision-making process.

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In today’s information environment, news changes at lightning speed, and daily headlines or statements by world leaders often create a sense of chaos. Such information noise distracts from seeing the bigger picture, understanding the logic of events, and anticipating their possible consequences.

To make it easier to discern the key trends amid the multitude of daily news, we have prepared a selection of articles, each available for download in PDF format. These materials provide analysis on key issues of world politics that shape the further development of Ukraine.

The current stage of our long-term project covers articles written between June and October 2025.

We wish you enjoyable reading or listening!

Mykhailo Samus, "PROSPECTS FOR DEEPENING DEFENSE COOPERATION WITHIN THE EU: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Mykhailo Samus, "PROSPECTS FOR DEEPENING DEFENSE COOPERATION WITHIN THE EU: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE"

Europe is actively developing its own defense capabilities amid new security challenges. How is European defense cooperation changing and what opportunities does this open for Ukraine? 

 

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Mykhailo Samus, PROSPECTS FOR DEEPENING DEFENSE COOPERATION WITHIN THE EU: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE

 

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Valentyn Badrak, RECENT TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT NGO Centre for International Security
Valentyn Badrak, RECENT TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

Russia's full-scale war has fundamentally transformed Ukraine's defense industry, driving the development of new technologies and production capabilities. How has this "great war" reshaped Ukraine's domestic defense sector, and what prospects does military-technical cooperation between and Europe offer?

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Valentyn Badrak, RECENT TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

 

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Taras Zhovtenko, "POSSIBLE SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT: POLITICAL, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS" NGO Center for international security
Taras Zhovtenko, "POSSIBLE SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT: POLITICAL, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS"

New geopolitical realities demand a fundamental rethinking of approaches to Ukraine's security guarantees. How are the US administration's policy shift and the emergence of a "Coalition of the Willing" shaping the prospects for peaceful settlement and security guarantees for Ukraine? What should be the priorities of this settlement in both political and practical terms?

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Taras Zhovtenko, POSSIBLE SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT: POLITICAL, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS

 

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Think Tank ADASTRA, CURRENT RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST UKRAINE WORLDWIDE: MECHANISMS OF DISSEMINATION AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES NGO Center for international security
Think Tank ADASTRA, CURRENT RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST UKRAINE WORLDWIDE: MECHANISMS OF DISSEMINATION AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES

How does Russia use disinformation to change the global order? How has AI become a new weapon of Kremlin propaganda? Why do African and Middle Eastern countries believe Russian narratives about the war against Ukraine? 

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David Derevlianyi, CURRENT RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST UKRAINE WORLDWIDE: MECHANISMS OF DISSEMINATION AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES

 

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Alina Hrytsenko, "PROSPECTS FOR US-CHINA CONFRONTATION: IMPACT ON GEOPOLITICAL PROCESSES AND TAIWAN SITUATION DEVELOPMENT" NGO Center for international security
Alina Hrytsenko, "PROSPECTS FOR US-CHINA CONFRONTATION: IMPACT ON GEOPOLITICAL PROCESSES AND TAIWAN SITUATION DEVELOPMENT"

What is the essence of the China-US confrontation? What does the 'Taiwan question' mean for China and how likely is the threat of military invasion of Taiwan? 

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Alina Hrytsenko, PROSPECTS FOR US-CHINA CONFRONTATION: IMPACT ON GEOPOLITICAL PROCESSES AND TAIWAN SITUATION DEVELOPMENT

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Kostiantyn Kononenko, “HYBRID” STRATEGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOWARD EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: FORMS, CONTENT AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES" NGO Center for international security
Kostiantyn Kononenko, “HYBRID” STRATEGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOWARD EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: FORMS, CONTENT AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES"

How does Russia spend millions of dollars on bribing European politicians and interfering in elections? Why have Russian information operations become a new dimension of hybrid warfare against Europe? What methods does the Kremlin use to recruit agents and carry out sabotage in European states?

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Kostiantyn Kononenko, “HYBRID” STRATEGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOWARD EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: FORMS, CONTENT AND POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES

 

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Ivan Gomza, "FORMATION OF NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AMID CHANGING US POLICY" NGO Center for international security
Ivan Gomza, "FORMATION OF NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AMID CHANGING US POLICY"

What went wrong with Europe's security framework before 2022? How is the shift in US policy reshaping European security and what new challenges does this create? What role should Ukraine play in Europe's new security architecture?

 

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Ivan Gomza, FORMATION OF NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AMID CHANGING US POLICY

 

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Mykola Bielieskov, "TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ORDER UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FOREIGN POLICY APPROACHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Mykola Bielieskov, "TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ORDER UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FOREIGN POLICY APPROACHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE"

How does the Trump administration view the rules-based international order? What is driving the shift in US policy on European security and the Russia-Ukraine war? What should Ukraine keep in mind when working with American partners going forward? 

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Mykola Bielieskov, TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ORDER UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FOREIGN POLICY APPROACHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE

 

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Onysiia Syniuk, "DEPORTATION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AND CIVILIANS: RETURN MECHANISMS AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION" NGO Center for international security
Onysiia Syniuk, "DEPORTATION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AND CIVILIANS: RETURN MECHANISMS AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"

What does Russia's forcible transfer and deportation of civilians from Ukraine’s territory entail? What should the mechanism for returning deported persons be based on? What efforts should Ukraine make to hold Russia accountable under international law?

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Onysiia Syniuk, DEPORTATION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AND CIVILIANS: RETURN MECHANISMS AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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Oleksii Yizhak, "RUSSIA’S GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS: AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING GREAT POWER STATUS" NGO Center for international security
Oleksii Yizhak, "RUSSIA’S GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS: AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING GREAT POWER STATUS"

How is Russia attempting to transform itself into a separate "civilization" and an alternative to the Western world? How does it use the war against Ukraine, as well as relations with the US and China, to strengthen its geopolitical positions? What should a new containment strategy for Russia look like?

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Oleksii Yizhak, RUSSIA’S GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS: AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ACHIEVING GREAT POWER STATUS

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Andriy Starodub, "SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES IN RETURN MIGRATION OF CITIZENS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Andriy Starodub, "SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES IN RETURN MIGRATION OF CITIZENS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UKRAINE"

What drives migrants' desire to return home? What return migration tools helped Poland, Lithuania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina bring their citizens back, and what can we learn from their experience? What should Ukraine's return migration incentive policy look like? 

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Andriy Starodub, SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES IN RETURN MIGRATION OF CITIZENS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UKRAINE

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Ivan Us, "UKRAINIAN PRODUCTS IN FOREIGN MARKETS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBSTITUTION OF RUSSIAN GOODS IN STRATEGIC SECTORS" NGO Center for international security
Ivan Us, "UKRAINIAN PRODUCTS IN FOREIGN MARKETS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBSTITUTION OF RUSSIAN GOODS IN STRATEGIC SECTORS"

What opportunities does the war open up for Ukraine in the European market? How can Ukraine replace Russian goods in strategic economic sectors? Is it possible to combine a 'wartime economy' with export expansion to foreign markets?

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Ivan Us, UKRAINIAN PRODUCTS IN FOREIGN MARKETS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBSTITUTION OF RUSSIAN GOODS IN STRATEGIC SECTORS

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Maria Kucherenko, "PHENOMENON OF MODERN MERCENARIES. USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICTS: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Maria Kucherenko, "PHENOMENON OF MODERN MERCENARIES. USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICTS: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE"

How is PMC activity regulated abroad and in Ukraine? Why cannot the Wagner Group be considered a PMC? How does the activity of the International Legion in Ukraine differ from mercenary work?

 

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Maria Kucherenko, PHENOMENON OF MODERN MERCENARIES. USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICTS: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE

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Olha Petriv, Olena Spesyvtseva, "INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO AI DEVELOPMENT AND PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Olha Petriv, Olena Spesyvtseva, "INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO AI DEVELOPMENT AND PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE"

Why has the EU banned certain artificial intelligence methods, while the US still lacks a unified AI law? What is a regulatory 'sandbox,' and why has Ukraine already launched its own? What steps should Ukraine take next for its own artificial intelligence development strategy, including in the field of national security?

 

Olha Petriv, Olena Spesyvtseva INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO AI DEVELOPMENT AND PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE: CONCLUSIONS FOR UKRAINE

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Olha Vorozhbyt, "PROSPECTS FOR CHANGES IN INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY IN NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Olha Vorozhbyt, "PROSPECTS FOR CHANGES IN INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY IN NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE"

Why does India's balancing act with great powers carry significant risks? How have Western sanctions and criticism over Russian oil purchases affected India? In which areas would it be beneficial for Ukraine to strengthen cooperation with India?

Olha Vorozhbyt, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGES IN INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY IN NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE

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Yevgeniya Gaber, Hanna Shelest, "TÜRKIYE’S ROLE IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST: IMPACT ON UKRAINE’S INTERESTS" NGO Center for international security
Yevgeniya Gaber, Hanna Shelest, "TÜRKIYE’S ROLE IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST: IMPACT ON UKRAINE’S INTERESTS"

Why did the Russia-Ukraine war change the balance of power in the Black Sea in favor of Türkiye? How is Ankara expanding its influence in the Middle East following the weakening of Russia's positions? What does the EU’s Black Sea Strategy offer for cooperation with Türkiye?

 

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Yevgeniya Gaber, Hanna Shelest TÜRKIYE’S ROLE IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST: IMPACT ON UKRAINE’S INTERESTS

 

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Veronika Movchan, "IMPACT OF US TRADE POLICY ON GLOBAL TRADE STRUCTURE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE" NGO Center for international security
Veronika Movchan, "IMPACT OF US TRADE POLICY ON GLOBAL TRADE STRUCTURE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE"

How is the world responding to changes in US trade policy? How will the new trade tariffs affect the American economy? What should Ukraine expect from the new US trade policy

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Veronika Movchan, IMPACT OF US TRADE POLICY ON GLOBAL TRADE STRUCTURE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR UKRAINE

 

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