Ukraine Refugees

Virtue vs. Virtue Signaling: How Hungary Views the War in Ukraine

Walking around Budapest, one of the European capitals closest to the war in Ukraine, one quickly notices that there are no Ukrainian flags hanging everywhere. It is not because people...

Poland’s Refugee Challenge Is Too Big to Handle Alone

In the first half of March, the number of Ukrainian refugees crossing the border with Poland on a daily basis exceeded over 100,000 thousand, reaching a total of over 2...

A New Era in U.S.-Moldova Relations Begins

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis and displaced hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, most of whom are women, children, and the elderly. Consequently, neighboring countries are...

IMF to Provide $1.4B in “Emergency Aid” to Ukraine

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Wednesday that it had approved $1.4 billion in “emergency financing” for the Ukrainian government, to help compensate it for...

Why Hungary and Poland Are Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees

As Vladimir Putin’s bloody assault continues against Ukraine, Poland and Hungary—the two European Union (EU) countries that have been the toughest in Europe on irregular migration—have opened their borders to...