Centre for Defence Strategies

William Taylor: “The US does not see the events in Ukraine as a prelude to World War III”

“The view from the United States is that this is not a prelude to World War III. The view from the United States is that Ukraine is defending itself from an invasion, an unprovoked aggression attack from Russia. And for nine hundred and sixty one days, Ukraine has held off the Russians. We are very

24.10.2024 Read more
Where Are Ukraine’s F-16 Jets?

Nearly two months after Ukraine’s first batch of Western fighter jets arrived in the war-torn country, the U.S.-made F-16s have largely stayed under the radar, quietly helping out with sorely needed air defense. In recent days, unconfirmed reports claimed that a Ukrainian F-16 destroyed one of Russia’s Su-34 fighter jets. Newsweek reached out to Kyiv’s air force and

15.10.2024 Read more
The west’s cautious approach seeks to avoid escalation in Ukraine. It may have the opposite effect – Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Chairman of the Center for Defense Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020) Putin will not stop unless he is forced to. It’s time to change the way we think about nuclear deterrence, and commit to securing victory. The western strategy towards supporting Ukraine is dominated by concerns about potential nuclear escalation and the possibility

24.09.2024 Read more

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Chairman, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020), Head of the MOD Reforms Project Office (2015–2018), Adviser to the President of Ukraine, Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukroboronprom, volunteer. Has over 20 years of experience in the field of heavy industry and industrial engineering.

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020), Adviser to the Ministry of Defence (2015–2016), Adviser to the Ministry of Information Policy (2016–2018), founder of the «Invictus Games Team Ukraine Project», Stratcom.UA and UCMC.

Oleksandr Kharchenko

Economic and energy security expert, Managing Director of the Energy Industry Research Center. At various times, served as an adviser to the Government and the National Security and Defence Council staff, as well as to the parliamentary committees, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and Naftogaz Ukrainy management.

Volodymyr Ohryzko

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007–2009), First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (2009–2010), Diplomat, a think tank Chairman, Сentre for Russian Studies

Oleksii Martseniuk

Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020), public activist, investment and asset management specialist. Has years of experience, inter alia, in the senior executive positions, in the leading international and Ukrainian investment companies

General Wesley Clark

A US Army General. For 34 years served in the army and the US Department of Defence, receiving numerous military awards, honorary knighthoods and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1997 to 2000, commanded NATO forces in Kosovo

Ambassador William Taylor

An American diplomat, civil servant and serviceman. A US chargé d’affaires ad interim for Ukraine (2019– 2020) and US Ambassador to Ukraine (2006–2009). A decorated Vietnam War veteran

Phil Jones

Served as a civilian official of the British Ministry of Defence, a UK Special Defence Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (2014–2018) and an Adviser to the Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2020). Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Dr. Neville Bolt

Professor of the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London, Director of the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications and Editor- in-Chief of Defence Strategic Communications, the peer reviewed academic journal of NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Alexander Khara

Executive Director, a diplomat, foreign affairs and security policy expert, Assistant Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2020), former expert of the «Maidan of Foreign Affairs» think tank, official of the Office of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Arthur Pereverziev

Defence procurement expert. Adviser to the Minister of Defence (2019–2020), expert of the MOD Reforms Project Office (2015–2020), head of the state Defence Procurement Reform project, Adviser to the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (2014), public activist

Victor Kevlyuk

Colonel, Reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 35 years of military service, head of the Organization and Mobilization Department of the Operational Command West Headquarters (2014–2018), head of the Centre of the Civil-military Cooperation of the Joint Operation Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2018–2020)

Richard Cashman

British lawyer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Graduate of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. United Nations Staff Officer trained. Extensive experience writing on international law and Eurasian geopolitics. Served with the British contingent to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine 2017-2022

Hans Petter Midttun

Non-resident Fellow at Centre for Defence Strategies with portfolio in International Security and Defence Policy - Hybrid War. He graduated the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, the Norwegian National Defence Command and Staff College and the Norwegian Defense College. He has broad international experience from both operations and postings abroad (NATO, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Ukraine). He served at the Norwegian Joint Headquarters and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) before being posted to Ukraine as the Norwegian Defence Attache (2014-2018)

Olesya Favorska

Expert of the Centre for Defence Strategies

Oleksii Pavliuchyk

Deputy Chief of Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (2018-2020)

Victoria Vdovychenko

Director of SExpert of the Centre for Defence Strategies. With 15 years of experience and extensive research in the fields of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as issues of hybrid warfare and strategic communications. Lectures and conducts research within such institutions as the University of Bologna, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany), the Catholic University of Louivan (Belgium), and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Lesia Ogryzko

Head of Analytics and Strategic Advocacy in the Center, expert in international relations and international security. Has worked in Ukraine's Government and in international organisations, including the UN system

Oksana Lesnyak

Expert of the Centre for Defence Strategies. The field of research is East and Southeast Asia

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War and Words: Effective Communication Strategies in Conflict

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

We're not going to make stupid mistakes

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

Esponenti del think tank ucraino Center for Defence Strategies

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The first Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimean Platform started in Bucharest

April 12-13, 2023. Results

Results of the First Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimean Platform

Media Center Ukraine - Ukrinform

Behind the scenes of the "information warfare"

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

Ukraine war: one year on

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

Why is the influence of the "Third Pole" and "Global South" increasing? Reasons why Russia has succeeded in “incorporation”

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

Ukraine timeline: four seasons of war in under four minutes

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

About the course of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine on the air of the Middle Eastern media

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

Will it be possible to agree on the exchange of prisoners between russia and Ukraine?

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

Russian army is extremely exhausted... This is the Ukrainian strategy / SBS

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

#2022 NEWSWEEK DEFENSE SUMMIT

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

The massive missile attack on Ukraine is not related to the Crimean bridge, it is related to the general situation on the front line

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

Missile and rocket attacks hit cities across Ukraine

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019–2020)

About rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

About the explosion on the Crimean bridge

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

About the bombing of the Crimean bridge

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies

The fate of Taiwan depends on Ukraine

Alina Frolova

Deputy Chairman, Centre for Defence Strategies