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Ukraine and Moldova have taken a huge step towards EU membership – but these hazards lie ahead

Nov 20, 2023

Nora Siklodi, University of Portsmouth and Nándor Révész, University of Portsmouth The European Commission has confirmed its support for opening the formal accession process for Ukraine and Moldova to become members of the European Union and for other nations in the western Balkans to move forward with their own bids. The wider context

Russia says peace in Ukraine will be ‘on our terms’ – but what can the West accept and at what cost?

Jul 25, 2022

Getty Images Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: what are those terms? History suggests the answer may