FT Podcast: How Russia's Ukraine threat galvanised western alliances
After a week of frenetic diplomacy, the Ukraine crisis has yet to be resolved. But it has had a significant impact on reshaping western alliances. Gideon talks to Charles Grant, director of the Centre...
View ArticleLBC: Ex-Diplomat warns of danger of Russian false flag operations
Ex-Diplomat Ian Bond warns ordering troops into rebel-held regions of Ukraine is 'the latest and another dangerous step' from Putin. Watch here.Ian Bond22 February 2022
View ArticleNewstalk: The latest on what’s been happening with the crisis in Ukraine
The breaking news overnight as The White House says President Biden will no longer be holding a summit with Vladimir Putin The summit had been mooted last weekend in an attempt to deescalate tensions...
View ArticleThe Point: Digital platforms and unfair practices
Zach Meyers spoke to The Point about how the world is preparing to regulate big tech giants amid the expansion of the digital market.Zach Meyers23 February 2022
View ArticleSky News: President of Ukraine says the country will remove sanctions from...
Ian Bond says the layout of Russian forces and attacks across Ukraine show Putin's plan to control the whole country. Plus, if he were to 'just' push forward from the Donbas and Crimea, incrementally...
View ArticleIndia Today: Russia invades Ukraine
Ian Bond says that anyone who has watched Putin's speeches this week can see he's acting on a lot of emotion: both on hatred towards the West and delusion about what kind of country Ukraine is.Ian...
View ArticleNewstalk: Reaction on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Sobering analysis from Ian Bond on why we have to be honest about the prospects for a Ukrainian insurgency. "The Russians have a record of extraordinary brutality in suppressing insurgencies in...
View ArticleiNews 24: EU agrees to freeze assets linked to Putin
Camino Mortera-Martinez says the EU is preparing to welcome an influx of refugees from Ukraine. She emphasises that Poland not asking for COVID passports or even ID cards shows this crisis is truly...
View ArticleBBC World News: Russia vetoes UN resolution deploring invasion of Ukraine
Zach Meyers spoke to BBC World News and explained that UK/US were prepared to cut off Russian banks from USD/GBP clearing, devastating Russia's ability to trade internationally - but EU sanctions still...
View ArticleBBC World News: Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ian Bond spoke to BBC World News on EU sanctions and the big step of paying for lethal equipment to Ukraine & sanctions on Russian banks via SWIFT.Ian Bond27 February 2022
View ArticleBack Story podcast: Ukraine - war in Europe
On this Back Story podcast we talk to Ian Bond, from the Centre for European Reform and a former British Diplomat on the chances of a direct clash with Russia and NATO and Putins state of mind.And Dr....
View ArticleTRT World: Moscow cracks down on protestors as economic sanctions hit
The first round of ceasefire talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials ended with no agreements. Another round could happen within days. Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the CER, joined us...
View ArticleFuture is Blue podcast: Economic and energy implications of Ukraine's war in...
Elisabetta Cornago a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, talks to Carlos Carnicero Urabayen about the economic and energy related implications of Ukraine's war in...
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CER podcast: Unpicking the EU’s rule of law conditionality mechanism
In this week’s CER podcast, head of our Brussels office Camino Mortera-Martínez speaks to John Morijn, professor of law and politics at the University of Groningen.They discuss the European Court of...
View ArticleTRT World: NATO leaders meet in Brussels to discuss conflict response
An emergency summit of NATO leaders is taking place in Brussels. They’re expected to discuss ways of bolstering the alliance’s support for Ukraine, while also looking to put more pressure on Russia....
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Ask CER - Episode 4: Phasing out Russian gas, UK-EU relations and Hungary's...
In this week’s CER podcast, we answered your questions about EU policy and geopolitics.Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi was joined by senior research fellow Elisabetta Cornago, head of our Brussels...
View ArticleBack Story podcast: Ukraine - war in Europe
On this Back Story podcast we talk to Ian Bond, from the Centre for European Reform and a former British Diplomat on the chances of a direct clash with Russia and NATO and Putins state of mind.And Dr....
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