Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 08 Apr 2023
Let Down by the West
Montenegro on the Edge
The Djukanović era is over. On 2 April, Montenegrins voted 59/41 in favour of his opponent, Jakov Milatović.(...)
NATO
John Foster / 07 Apr 2023
The Difficulties of Proxy Warfare
From the Cold War to Ukraine
The casualties speak for themselves. Russia’s winter offensive is producing mixed results.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 09 Mar 2023
The Struggle for Montenegro
Moscow’s Hybrid War
For the Kremlin, controlling Montenegro is an opportunity to have its own proxy in NATO. For Belgrade, it’s a chance to regain the territory, which declared independence in June 2006.(...)
John Foster / 24 Sep 2022
Can’t Forget Fascism
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
If the spin is correct, Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s election already.(...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Jun 2022
End of An Era
The Battleground’s Summer Books List
“No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)
John Foster / 29 Apr 2022
Assessing Russia’s War
Lavrov’s Nuclear Threat
After two months of war, the Kremlin is finally owning up to the crisis it’s caused.(...)
Joel Schalit / 19 Apr 2022
Ukraine War Abroad
The View From Torino
Ukraine is everywhere. Wherever you look, from newspapers to graffiti and TV, everyone is talking about it.
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John Foster / 15 Apr 2022
Putting NATO in Its Place
Russia and the Ukraine War
Baron Ismay, who served as Secretary-General of NATO from 1952 to 1957, famously described its purpose as keeping “the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”.(...)
Joel Schalit / 04 Apr 2022
Making Use of Syrians
Russia’s Populist Exception
Twenty years ago today, it would have been the stuff of conspiracy theory.(...)
Josh White / 28 Mar 2022
The Opposition Newspaper
Morning Star and the UK Left
Walking down Beachy Road, you’ll miss William Rust House if you don’t know the address.(...)