Power Lines: From Ukraine to the World

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the world. The war’s significance in the 21st century is un

Episodes

Total: 33

Ukraine’s economy has been one of the main bright spots after two years of brutal fighting. With dec

The war in Ukraine has evolved a huge amount since it began nearly 2 years ago, not least in terms o

President Zelensky has said he wants to call up 450,000 - 500,000 new troops to the Ukrainian army i

As 2024 begins, the outlook for Ukraine is generally pessimistic, with foreign aid dwindling and the

2023 was a really difficult year for Ukraine. People expected that after the Kharkiv and Kherson cou

The Western response to the war in Ukraine surprised the world in 2022 in how unified it was. Europe

What Is Russia Thinking?

2023/11/21

Getting in the mind of Vladimir Putin is a notoriously difficult, and indeed thankless, task. Russia

Ukraine, and Eastern Europe more generally, have long had a demographic problem. Since the fall of t

On Sunday October 15th, Poland went to the polls to elect a new government. As one of Europe’s most

Under its constitution, Ukraine is meant to be in the midst of parliamentary and presidential electi

Season 2 Trailer

2023/10/3

Last year, Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine changed the world. But with the conflict reaching

What is it like to live through the psychological pain of war? How can you heal the trauma of genoci

Q&A on Rebuilding

2023/2/16

This week, it’s our last Q&A of the season. We reached out to our listeners on Twitter to see wh

The aftermath of war leaves physical scars in its wake. The abject destruction of landscapes and cit

This week, Jakub and Nastya are speaking to Anna Myroniuk, the head of investigations at the Kyiv In

The Issue with Aid

2023/1/26

The humanitarian response to the full scale invasion of Ukraine has been immense - an outpouring of

This week, Jakub and Nastya are doing a special Q&A episode on the Russian Intelligence Services

For years, Putin has used his intelligence, including the FSB and the GRU, to try and understand Eur

In this week’s episode, we again take a look into Cyber Warfare, this time from a more policy focuse

The Fight for Cyberspace

2022/12/29

The war in Ukraine is being fought by land, sea, air… and online. Russia, has long been infamous for