Publications
This paper addresses the territorial claims and issues at stake in the Ukraine conflict and the options for addressing those territorial issues in a peace settlement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
Scotland
A proposed law seeking to give the Scottish Parliament the power to hold independence referendums has been rejected by MPs.
Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came out swinging against Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, while urging political and business leaders facing war fatigue in the West to enforce sanctions, help rebuild his country and advance the peace process.
Ukraine
The Kremlin on Monday said that talks in Davos on Kyiv’s peace proposals would achieve nothing as Russia was not participating in the discussions, and Moscow will continue its military operation in Ukraine until it achieves all its goals.
Ukraine
Security officials from 82 countries, including many non-Western nations, joined the fourth round of Ukraine-initiated talks to promote Kyiv’s peace proposals in Davos, Switzerland, on Sunday 14 January.
Yemen
Yemen’s Houthis hit a US owned ship on Monday, a day after attacking a US navy destroyer in the Red Sea, indicating that the group will not be deterred by recent air attacks on Yemen by the United States and United Kingdom.
Ukraine
The month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the two sides met for negotiations in a palace in Istanbul. The men in the room tell Yaroslav Trofimov what happened — and why an intervention from Boris Johnson may have been pivotal
Ukraine
An article by President Zelensky published in the Times.
Announcements
The UK Prime Minister and President Zelenskyy signrd a historic UK-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation. The G7 nations agreed to provide Ukraine with bilateral security assurances at the NATO Summit in Vilnius last year; the UK is the first country to deliver a final agreement.