Hanna Shelest

Jan 20, 2025 | rusi.org | Hanna Shelest

Since gaining independence, Ukraine has been engaged in a constant search for security guarantees. After the signing of the so-called Budapest Memorandum in 1994, there was a misplaced hope that by rejecting its nuclear arsenal, the country would receive protection.

Nov 8, 2024 | san.com | Ryan Robertson |Hanna Shelest |Ryan Robertson Anchor

[Ryan Robertson]PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT. UKRAINE HOPES THAT DUCK CAN FLY THEM A LOT OF WEAPONS BEFORE IT’S TIME TO LEAVE THE COOP. EARLIER THIS YEAR, AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE U.S. CONGRESS APPROVED A $60 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE. BUT MOST OF THAT MONEY ACTUALLY WENT TO U.S. COMPANIES TO REPLACE WHAT WAS ALREADY SENT. TO DATE, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAYS ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THAT PROMISED AID MADE IT TO UKRAINE.

Dec 14, 2023 | cepa.org | Hanna Shelest

Hanna Shelest PhD is a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). She is the Director of Security Programs at the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism” and Editor-in-chief at UA: Ukraine Analytica.  Ukraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian intellectuals (Ibidem Press/Ibidem-Verlag 2020) Free online version  The last few years have brought so many surprises about from Ukrainians.

Oct 10, 2023 | cepa.org | Hanna Shelest

Tuzla, in the Kerch Strait, was the first hybrid Russian operation against Ukraine, setting in motion a train of events that resulted in 2022’s full-scale invasion. It also established a pattern of Russian interference in other neighboring countries. Looking back, it was badly under-appreciated by the outside world, and its significance was missed.

Jul 24, 2023 | cepa.org | Hanna Shelest

July 24, 2023 The decisions reached by NATO in Vilnius postpone for a year the choices on Ukraine’s future security. Ukraine must work to ease allied fears.