Aleksander Cwalina 🇪🇺

🇺🇦 Contractor @ACEurasia | 🦡 @UWMadison ‘22 // 🇪🇺 @collegeofeurope '26 | 🌍 Central & Eastern EU, Eurasia | 💬 Views are my own

[rust belt roadtrip @gmoult]

the social connectedness of chicago and eastern europe

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

These are amazing
Please do more!

[Midwest Antiquarian @Eric_Erins]

I saw this guys art exhibition at the fair. It seemed to be the only art exhibit. Immediately my mind went to the Palace of Fine Arts exhibit at the 1893 Columbian Exposition and I felt really bummed out.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

On May 4, The Washington Post won two Pulitzers. To stream the announcement live, the paper had to bring back two of the video operators it had laid off in February. Nobody left in the building could run the equipment. They walked past the new opinion studio on their way in.

The new opinion studio was built with $80,000 in video gear. Its flagship podcast has 515 YouTube subscribers after 186 videos and more than 20 episodes. Apple Podcasts users have given it 2.3 stars. The most positive review on record: "This is bad and the people making it should feel bad."

Dave Jorgenson, the journalist who built WaPo's TikTok presence, left last year. His personal YouTube channel now has 358,000 subscribers. The opinion podcast has 515. A former WaPo journalist working with a small team has built more than 600 times the audience of the flagship new show.

Bezos was warned by his own opinion editor that the rightward pivot would cost subscribers. His documented response, per the New York Times: "I don't care."

The piece's own summary is the only sentence needed: "Bezos laid off the people who win the Pulitzers. He's funding the people who lose the subscribers."

[Shelby Magid @shelbyjmag]

Four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I sat in DC, watching in horror as it unfolded.

Today, I wake up in a free, scarred yet unbroken Kyiv — in awe of Ukrainian strength, yet still horrified the world has let Putin’s crimes drag on for so long.

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

Today marks 4 years since Russia began its full-scale war against Ukraine.

@ACEurasia continues to lead efforts to counter Russian aggression and to advance policies that secure vital US interests in pursuit of a real peace.

🧵 Highlighting our work to help end Russia’s war

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

🌐 @ACEurasia launches its official LinkedIn page today!

Click the link below to follow us for more analysis, research, and expert perspectives on Ukraine, Russia, and the wider Eurasian region.

Join us! 👇
https://t.co/Vmtocb1BHs

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

LIVE | Report launch: How Russia subjugated Belarus without annexation https://t.co/qEdtXGe3qP

[College of Europe in Bruges @coebruges]

Our students traced the footsteps of history in the WWI battlefields of #FlandersFields.
From Hill 60 & Bayernwald to Tyne Cot Cemetery, they reflected on the tragic toll of war before joining the Last Post ceremony in Ypres, where they laid a wreath in tribute to the fallen.

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

NEW #UkraineAlert | How can NATO effectively deter Russia's gray zone aggression in Europe?

"A new approach to engagement with the Kremlin that projects strength and resolve is clearly required," argues @zaharhryniv.

Read more below⬇️
https://t.co/J3J8fnUVrq

[Carmen Klomparens @Em_TeeGee]

I cannot stress enough there are four different ads in this screenshot

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

🇺🇸🇺🇦 | On the 2025 Eurasia Congressional Fellowship capstone trip to Kyiv, @JohnEdHerbst outlines the need for continued Western support for Ukraine and the powerful role of Independence Square in Ukraine's continued fight for freedom and democracy.

Watch below ⬇️

[Aleksander Cwalina 🇪🇺 @ascwalina]

“There is no deal until there’s a deal” — the summit that could have been an email!

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

Three and a half years after launching his full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin meets Trump in Alaska today.

But will the summit actually produce a big deal?

Follow the Atlantic Council’s coverage and analysis from Kyiv, Washington, and beyond, ahead of the meeting.

🧵

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

Events in Ukraine this week are "a really exemplary case of how a democracy should work," @andrew_danieri tells @kwelkernbc of @NBCNews.

"And certainly not something that would happen in Russia."

[Andrew D'Anieri @andrew_danieri]

‼️Over the past 48 hours, the Zelenskyy administration has swiftly moved to dismantle the country's independent anti-corruption institutions.

I break down how it all happened for @AtlanticCouncil and what these steps mean for Ukraine's future. https://t.co/Jv6h0nT6pG

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

WATCH | Senior Director @JohnEdHerbst joins @NEWSMAX's @KatrinaSzish & @BobBrooks_NMX to discuss US policy on 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 🇷🇺 Russia:

"If President Trump wants to achieve the stable peace he set as his objective, he needs to show Putin that he cannot win on the battlefield."

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

At 72, Putin has no plans of stepping down.

But he is replacing other key figures with a younger generation, writes @zygaro in the latest @ACEurasia 🇷🇺 #RussiaTomorrow report.

Meet the next generation of Kremlin leaders. 🧵
https://t.co/DjY0RTCWTu

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

🔴 LIVE | @ACEurasia hosts a virtual launch of our newest #RussiaTomorrow report examining the generational shifts in Russia's leadership.

@PowerVertical moderates a discussion featuring @ABarbashin, @EvelynNFarkas, & author @zygaro. https://t.co/SEwRMt0C0U

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

📅 JUL 14 @ 2:00PM ET | Join @ACEurasia for a virtual launch of our newest #RussiaTomorrow examining the generational shifts in Russia's leadership.

@PowerVertical moderates a discussion featuring @ABarbashin, @EvelynNFarkas, & author @zygaro.
https://t.co/wKylCEa8FH