Writing on global order, conflict, and power — from someone who watched a city disappear. Based in Pittsburgh. From Mariupol.
Read the latest analysis →I write about the world's hardest problems — not from a distance, but from inside them.
I was in Mariupol when Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. That experience didn't just give me a perspective — it gave me a responsibility. When I write about war, sanctions, reconstruction, or international law, I'm not working from textbooks alone.
Now studying Political Science and Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, I publish one major analytical piece each month — long-form, evidence-based, and written for people who want to understand what's actually happening and why it matters.
My work has been shaped by conversations with EU and US diplomats, involvement in the Pittsburgh Summit for Ukraine, and the belief that good analysis can change what people believe — and what they do.
The siege that destroyed my city wasn't just a military operation — it was a test case for how authoritarian regimes use urban destruction as a political instrument. The lessons for international law and future conflicts are ones we cannot afford to ignore.
Three years of sweeping sanctions have failed to produce the economic collapse the West predicted. Understanding why requires rethinking how modern economies absorb external shocks.
Ukrainian accession could be the most transformative — and destabilizing — shift in European political architecture since the fall of the Soviet Union. Here's what Brussels isn't saying out loud.
Over $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets are frozen across Western financial systems. The question of what to do with them is as much about international legal order as it is about Ukraine.