From: New Voice of Ukraine by Alex Stezhensky
British intellectual and historian Timothy Garton Ash explains whether Europe can step into the leadership role once held by the United States, outlines the rationale behind the 100-year UK-Ukraine agreement, criticizes ceasefire negotiations, and lays out two possible scenarios for Ukraine’s future.
Famed British historian Timothy Garton Ash speaks with NV from the library of his home in Oxford, starting the conversation by showing a Ukrainian air raid alert app on his phone. He keeps it turned on, he says, to remind himself that Ukraine is at war.
Ash, one of Europe’s most respected scholars of Eastern European history and a leading figure at Oxford University — where he heads the European Studies Center — has in recent years stepped well beyond the typical bounds of academic life. He advises European and international aid efforts for Ukraine and is a vocal advocate for the country on the global stage. His perspective on what is arguably the bloodiest war of the 21st century is far from theoretical — he travels annually to cities in Ukraine, both in the rear and near the front lines.
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