Paul Hansbury
WHAT AREN'T THEY TELLING UKRAINE?
Behind the rhetoric, what does the US really want to see happen to end the war between Russia and Ukraine?
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Paul Hansbury
Sep 138 min
BIDEN AND THE BLAME GAME
I review one of the crop of early reads on the Biden presidency, which we now know will last only one term.
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 166 min
THE KURSK GAMBLE: TEN DAYS ON
With Ukraine's troops still inside Russia, is it using its resources economically? Or has Ukraine overcommitted in its Kursk offensive?
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 94 min
THE KURSK GAMBLE AND OTHER UKRAINE WAR UPDATES
The Ukrainian military operation inside the Russian border, which began on Tuesday, is going quite well. What's going on?
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 168 min
PARSING JUDGEMENT #3: ON NATO AT 75
As NATO marks its 75-year anniversary, this new volume from Sten Rynning is a fitting appraisal of 'the world's most powerful alliance'.
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Paul Hansbury
Jul 36 min
WHAT DOES THE UK ELECTION MEAN FOR UKRAINE AND BELARUS?
The United Kingdom goes to the polls this week. Does the result matter at all for Ukrainians and Belarusians?
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Paul Hansbury
Jun 217 min
FAR FROM PEACE
From Putin's phoney peace offer to his meeting with Kim Jong-Un, there is little cause for optimism. But you can often see what you want.
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Paul Hansbury
Jun 44 min
WAR WHISPERS
Is Russia still advancing in Ukraine? Vladimir Putin has been busy but don't believe everything you hear.
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Paul Hansbury
May 295 min
TARGET, RUSSIA!
Ukraine's military is being forced to fight with one hand behind its back. Is it time to relax restrictions on its use of donated weapons?
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 215 min
REASONS TO CHANGE TACK #4: SPORT AND POLITICS
Why I changed my mind about the relationship between sport and politics, and (reluctantly) support a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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Paul Hansbury
Mar 215 min
TWO COUNTRIES, TWO DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Both Ukraine and Belarus have long-standing population worries, which the crises of recent years have exacerbated.
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Paul Hansbury
Feb 64 min
ZELENSKYY'S CHOICE
Recent talk of a rift between Ukraine's president and the commander–in–chief of the armed forces was not scuttlebutt.
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Paul Hansbury
Dec 21, 20235 min
OUTLOOK FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN 2024
Vladimir Putin appears confident the war in Ukraine is turning in his favour: he could yet be hoisted with his own petard, however.
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