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Donnacha Ó Beacháin

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

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Why Stalin's 'fatal decision' means tens of thousands in Karabakh are now living in terror

Armenians and Azerbaijanis have for many years found themselves at war over the destiny of Nagorno-Karabakh, writes Donnacha Ó Beacháin.

20.09.2023 10

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

'Putin's chef' and enforcer Prigozhin is gone - who took him down?

The politics professor looks at the death of the head of the Wagner Group and says once Prigozhin challenged Putin, he was a dead man walking.

25.08.2023 10

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

The insurrection has done Putin irreparable damage - what happens now?

The DCU professor of politics says Russia’s difficulties this week are more certainly now Ukraine’s opportunity.

29.06.2023 8

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

The Moscow drone attacks will have a profound effect on Russia’s elite

The DCU Professor of Politics says Ukraine will be keeping its cards close to its chest around any counteroffensive, and with good reason.

02.06.2023 60

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow? We know now that the unthinkable is possible

For many Taiwanese there are compelling parallels between Ukraine’s difficulties and their own. Taiwan is threatened by a much larger autocratic...

14.03.2023 20

The Irish Times

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

'Young people are fighting to reverse Georgia’s authoritarian trajectory'

As protests erupt in Georgia, the DCU Professor of Politics says the country is at a crossroads but wants to lean into the West.

09.03.2023 40

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

'Contemporary Russia is not the USSR - it is arguably a greater threat'

DCU Professor of Politics Donnacha Ó Beacháin takes a look at Putin’s state of the nation address.

22.02.2023 30

TheJournal

Donnacha Ó Beacháin

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