Navigating the Vortex

Farcical peace talks continue in Abu Dhabi as Russia tries to bomb and freeze Ukraine into submission

Russia, Ukraine and the US have met for a second time in as many weeks to discuss a possible cessation of hostilities.

Feb 5 • Stefan Wolff

7:24

January 2026

Talks to end the Ukraine war keep hitting the same wall

Are Washington, Moscow and Kyiv talking past each other on purpose?

Jan 27 • Stefan Wolff

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7:12

Trump's performance at Davos underscored America's diminishing trustworthiness and dependability

The consequences for Britain, the EU, and Ukraine are obvious and unpleasant.

Jan 26 • Stefan Wolff

2

7:18

Europe's push-back over Greenland forced a Trump climb-down — for now.

But the reprieve is likely only temporary.

Jan 25 • Stefan Wolff

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2

8:12

A privatised United Nations with a single shareholder

Will Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’ fly or sink?

Jan 21 • Stefan Wolff

6:34

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now outlasts the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany

What does history tell us about Kyiv’s prospects?

Jan 15 • Stefan Wolff

1

6:46

Trump's Venezuela raid foreshadows more turbulence in a new 'great power' carve-up of the world

It signals the return of the law of the jungle for which the US, and much of the rest of the world, will ultimately pay a heavy price.

Jan 5 • Stefan Wolff

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2

10:34

The US attack on Venezuela erodes further what is left of the old world order

More importantly, where will Donald Trump turn his attention next?

Jan 4 • Stefan Wolff

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1

6:16

December 2025

The fall of Siversk caps a difficult year for Ukraine

What the end of the war will look like is as unclear as when and how the sides will get there.

Dec 26, 2025 • Stefan Wolff

2

7:38

A fudge on Ukraine and a delay on Mercosur: how the EU procrastinates and fails to prove Trump wrong

By Richard Whitman & Stefan Wolff

Dec 20, 2025 • Navigating the Vortex

2

1

7:26

New US national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas

By Tetyana Malyarenko & Stefan Wolff

Dec 11, 2025 • Stefan Wolff

7:15

November 2025

Navigating the Vortex | Ethnopolitics Edition | Episode 1

George Kyris, The Recognition of a Right to Statehood and Palestine

Nov 27, 2025 • Stefan Wolff and Argyro Kartsonaki

20:47