August 14, 2026
Crimea
Europe Opinion Politics Russia Ukraine

Ernst Raxarov on Sloviansk, Switzerland, and Ukraine’s War for Survival

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen How did Ernst Raxarov’s Sloviansk roots and Swiss advocacy shape his response to Russia’s war against Ukraine? Ernst Raxarov, also known as Oleksandr “Sasha” Volkov, is a Ukrainian-Swiss advocate from Sloviansk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Trained in economics, computer science, and German, he moved to Switzerland through a scholarship and became […]

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John Lyman on Editorial Ethics, Bad Arguments, and Global Publishing

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen How does John Lyman evaluate difficult submissions, ideological conflict, and evidence standards at International Policy Digest? John Lyman is editor-in-chief of International Policy Digest, a global affairs publication he developed after graduate studies in European Studies at the University of Amsterdam and further work in Homeland Security at Virginia Commonwealth University. […]

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