The attempt to place Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov under arrest should be considered as the sign of exacerbating discord between the popular city leaders and the government, which has been trying to ensure the political domination of the president throughout the country. This activity seems to be aimed at preventing the emergence of the local…

Perspectives on conflict resolution  El Comercio, a Peruvian national daily newspaper,  published on May 4, the article “The call between Xi and Zelensky: China’s attempt to become a mediator between Russia and Ukraine?” (“La llamada entre Xi y Zelensky: El paso de China para convertirse en mediador entre Rusia y Ucrania?”), in which it is…

The hour-long phone conversation between Volodymyr Zelensky and President Xi Jinping on April 26 appears to be the most significant Ukrainian political event of the last week. Its importance is related not with its actual impact, which still remains uncertain, but with its indication of the lack of confidence of the Ukrainian government in the…

  Perspectives on conflict resolution   L’Expression, a national daily French-language Algerian newspaper,  published on April 23, the article “Lula wants a “negotiated solution” between Moscow and Kyiv” (“Lula veut une «solution négociée» entre Moscou et Kiev”).  “Despite Western disapproval of his recent remarks about the war in Ukraine, Brazilian President Lula da Silva yesterday…

Despite their expectations, Ukrainian authorities did not receive any signs that Ukraine will be able to join NATO soon after the end of the war neither at the at the 11th Ramstein Summit nor during the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Kyiv. In his remarks to the press before the summit Ukrainian…

Perspectives on conflict resolution  Kompas, the most popular national newspaper of Indonesia, published on April 19 the article “The peace initiative on the war in Ukraine proposed by Brazil faces criticism”. It is stated in the article that peace proposition suggested by the Brazilian President is regarded by the EU and the US as pro-Chinese…