Author:  Keso Gigitashvili Editor:  Dr Seb Bytyci This report examines how the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine has been tested, contested, and politically manipulated in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian War. It analyses Russia’s misuse of R2P rhetoric to legitimise aggression, Ukraine’s attempts to uphold the doctrine’s core principles under conditions of war, and the broader limitations of international protection mechanisms when confronted by geopolitical paral

This report is an open-source intelligence (OSINT) assessment of developments in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. It integrates cross-media sources, official statements and satellite-verified material to provide sourced facts, contextual analysis and clearly defined intelligence cut-off dates for each reporting period. By Patrick René Haasler  for the Europinion Institute for Research 25 August - 3 September 2025 Executive Summary Russia - Ukraine : Ukraine conducted its f

Welcome to the Russia and Eastern Europe Report , the latest initiative from the Geopolitics Desk of the Europinion Institute for...