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‘Wagner is only a shadow of a growing private security industry’

University College Twente organised a lecture in Drienerburght yesterday on private military companies such as Wagner. Two experts presented their thoughts on the influence and development of private security companies.
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‘The weak status of the Russian army surprised me the most this year'

In our regular update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time he mainly zooms in on one year of war. ‘Economically, 2022 was mostly about Russian gas. In 2023, the focus will shift to ramping up military production and restricting critical technology to China.’
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Shawn Donnelly: ‘Whoever controls Crimea, controls the region’

In our regular update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time about the very real possibility of nuclear armageddon. ‘Once deterrence collapses, you’re on a ladder of escalation.’
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‘Putin no longer even tries to hide mass graves in Ukraine’

In our regular update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time about Ukraine's impressive counteroffensive, Russia’s mock referenda and mobilisation.
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‘Putin gambles on reduced support in the West for Ukraine’

After a summer break, UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly returns to share his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time about Ukraine's counter-offensive and the continuing uncertainty over gas supplies from Russia.
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‘It is no longer America First, but Friends First’

In our regular update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time about Ukraine's EU candidacy, the possible entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO and the 'friendship' between Western Europe and the United States.
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‘It is increasingly becoming a trench war in Ukraine’

In our regular update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the situation in Ukraine. This time about the involvement of Belarus, Viktor Orbán's resistance to European sanctions and the military manoeuvrings at the front.
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‘If there is a moment to upgrade military aid to Ukraine, it is now’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine. This time about the NATO enlargement, the call for military aid and Mariupol potentially becoming the new Stalingrad.
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'The images from Bucha call for more aggressive sanctions'

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine. This time about the terrible images from Bucha, the increasing sanctions and Joe Biden. ‘In the next phase of this war, I fear that the Russians will finish Mariupol and raze it to the ground.’
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Q&A on the war in Ukraine

What does Putin want, how should Europe react and what about the sanctions? Together with Studium Generale, U-Today is holding a Q&A on the war in Ukraine on Thursday afternoon. Shawn Donnelly, assistant professor Technology, Resilience & Europe, will answer questions from the audience in the Amphitheater (Vrijhof).
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‘The West has accepted war in Ukraine, not defeat’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine. This time about the negotiations, from which he expects little. ‘The end of the war is not in sight. In fact, Russia is doubling down on its military deployment.’
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Thirty boxes from campus to Ukraine

The collection point on UT campus, where volunteers assembled humanitarian aid for Ukraine, collected about thirty boxes full of needed items. ‘We didn’t receive as much as expected, but we are grateful,’ says UT aid coordinator Oleksandr Mialyk.
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UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly about the war in Ukraine

‘We are in a war and we need to act like it’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine and what it means for Europe’s quest for ‘strategic autonomy’. ‘Strategic autonomy starts with military independence, but it has knock-on effects. Even solving housing issues are part of creating ownership and control.’
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Fund for UT students and staff affected by war in Ukraine

Twente University Fund has started a crowdfunding campaign to help UT students and employees from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The goal is to collect 100.000 euros in this emergency fund.
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