Lindsay MackenzieDeterrence by punishment or denial? How to avoid turning NATO’s eastern flank into a kill-boxThe Baltic states want more NATO forces along the alliance’s eastern flank. Reports suggest Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have asked for…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenziePowering Europe’s strategic autonomyRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has shone a revealing, if not uncomfortable, light on Europe’s debate over strategic autonomy. The concept —…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieThe West eyes up tough new sanctions on Russia. The last eight years have plenty of lessons“You tell me 100% that there will be war in a few days’ time. What are you waiting for?”, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky told an…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieEurope looks to flex its digital sovereignty in the cloud market but faces a bumpy ride“Data will transform the way we produce, consume and live”, said Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton at the unveiling of the…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieSimmering Russia-Ukraine crisis risks boiling over as diplomatic track faltersFor weeks fear of war has simmered as Russian troops and equipment have built up along the Ukrainian border, accompanied by fiery rhetoric…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieThe Minsk agreements are dead; long live the Minsk agreementsAs tension and uncertainty continue to cloud events on the Russia-Ukraine border, one set of agreements hangs over the crisis — Minsk.Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieRussia cracks down on Memorial, the country’s oldest NGO. There’s more to comeWhen Russian authorities moved to outlaw organisations belonging to jailed activist and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny in June…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieNo, we don’t need a cyber Geneva ConventionThe Scottish National Party’s spokespersons for defence and foreign affairs have called for the creation of a digital Geneva Convention to…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieRussia’s opposition — the final curtain and the end of an era?Last week lawyers for jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny filed an appeal against a Moscow court’s decision to ban his…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Lindsay MackenzieSputnik leaves Edinburgh; lessons from Scotland’s brush with Russian disinformationIn October 2016 news broke in Scotland that Pravda International was planning to open a bureau in the capital, Edinburgh. The story was…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
