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Aliona Hlivco

Aliona Hlivco is the Founder and CEO at the St. James's Foreign Policy Group, a Westminster-based geopolitical advisory. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, an Advisory Board Member of the Coalition for Global Prosperity, and a member of the Academic Council at the Wilfried Martens Center for European Studies in Brussels.

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Ukraine is becoming a foundational pillar for Europe's new security architecture

by Aliona Hlivco
For decades, the central question of Ukraine's relationship with Europe was whether Ukraine would ever become part of the European Union. Today, the debate has fundamentally changed, and the question is no longer whether Ukraine belongs to Europe, but rather if Europe can credibly defend itself in today's volatile security environment without Ukraine. The answer is clear: it cannot. Ukraine is steadily becoming one of the key security providers on the European continent. This had stemmed not s