This week on War & Peace, Olga speaks with Yale Law School professor Oona Hathaway and Crisis Group expert Brian Finucane about international humanitarian law amid widespread civilian harm, emerging military technologies, and a growing retreat from legal constraints on warfare in Ukraine and beyond.

In this episode of War & Peace, Olga is joined by Oona Hathaway, professor of international law at Yale Law School, and Brian Finucane, Crisis Group’s Senior Adviser for the U.S. program, to discuss the state of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the rules meant to protect civilians and non-combatants during wartime. They unpack how the laws of war are enforced and why rules rooted in the post-World War II Geneva Conventions remain relevant in conflicts today. They then turn to Ukraine, discussing whether Kyiv’s reliance on Western support has encouraged its restraint, Russian violations and the IHL implications of Ukraine’s growing strikes on Russian energy infrastructure and online retailers. They also examine how emerging battlefield technologies, including drones and the growing use of artificial intelligence in targeting, complicate accountability. Finally, they consider how IHL can be strengthened internationally as the Trump administration works to roll back legal constraints on warfare.

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This week on War & Peace, Olga speaks with Sabine Fischer, senior fellow at SWP, about her book “The Chauvinist Threat: Russia’s War and the West’s Response”, how imperialism, sexism and autocracy have shaped Russian politics, its society and its war against Ukraine.

In this episode of War & Peace, Olga is joined by Sabine Fischer, senior fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), to discuss her book “The Chauvinist Threat: Russia’s War and the West’s Response”. They unpack how chauvinist politics – defined as a combination of imperialism, sexism and autocracy – have shaped Russian society and politics under President Vladimir Putin and helped pave the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They examine how the war has accelerated chauvinism in Russia, including through pressure on women to have children, rising domestic violence and the repression of feminist and LGBTQI+ activism, while also raising the war’s complex effects on gender relations in Ukraine. They also consider how different outcomes to the war could shape Russia’s future and politics across Europe, what guardrails liberal democracies, including those in the process of re-arming, have against chauvinist shifts, and whether and how chauvinist politics might be reversed.

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In this episode of War & Peace, Olga is joined by Galip Dalay, senior research fellow at Chatham House, to discuss Türkiye’s evolving relations with NATO and with the EU ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara in July. They examine what Ankara hopes to get from the summit and prospects for greater recognition of Türkiye’s role in European security. They discuss Türkiye’s expanding defence industry, its potential place in its allies’ rearmament plans, and the constraints imposed by EU debates over how far those efforts should involve non-EU members. They also unpack how Türkiye views its NATO membership and how closely Ankara is aligned with other allies, including when it comes to the war in Ukraine. They examine the aftermath of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and how it could shape Türkiye’s regional standing, diplomatic role, security partnerships with Gulf states and place in emerging trade routes. Finally, they consider what President Erdoğan might seek from bilateral discussions with Trump at the summit.

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