Stefan Wolff

Stefan Wolff is professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, specialising in contemporary security challenges, especially the prevention and settlement of ethnic conflicts and civil wars and post-conflict state-building in deeply divided and war-torn societies.

Stefan Wolff

Ukraine is losing and the west faces a stark choice

Stefan Wolff 18th April 2024

Ukraine is losing the war. If the west does not help now, it will face a resurgent and aggressive Russia.

Ukraine war: Russia’s hold on Crimea loosens

Stefan Wolff 18th March 2024

Ten years after Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, annexed Crimea, its grip on the peninsula looks shaky.

Ukraine war: the west is at a crossroads

Stefan Wolff 22nd February 2024

It must double down on aid to Kyiv, accept a compromise deal or face humiliation by Russia.

Ukraine war: Zelenskyy’s very risky move

Stefan Wolff 14th February 2024

Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of the military leadership.

Ukraine war: corruption and politico-military tensions

Stefan Wolff 4th February 2024

Corruption scandals and high-level rifts could become an existential threat as Kyiv asks for more military aid.

Ukraine’s cause: momentum is diminishing

Stefan Wolff 26th September 2023

In the Ukraine war, mixed signals among Kyiv’s allies in Europe and the United States hint at growing conflict fatigue.

Moldova first domino in a Russian plan for escalation?

Stefan Wolff 16th March 2023

Events in Georgia represent a setback for Russia’s meddling in the post-Soviet neighbourhood. But they are no sign it will end.

Ukraine: the Kremlin’s misinformation

Stefan Wolff 20th January 2023

In the Ukraine war, the Kremlin’s campaign of misinformation keeps Kyiv and its allies guessing.

The Spring issue of The Progressive Post is out!

Since President Trump’s inauguration, the US – hitherto the cornerstone of Western security – is destabilising the world order it helped to build. The US security umbrella is apparently closing on Europe, Ukraine finds itself less and less protected, and the traditional defender of free trade is now shutting the door to foreign goods, sending stock markets on a rollercoaster. How will the European Union respond to this dramatic landscape change? .

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss European defence strategies, assess how the US president's recent announcements will impact international trade and explore the risks  and opportunities that algorithms pose for workers.

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WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2023/2024

Real wages in the European Union continued their decline in 2023—despite an acceleration in nominal wage growth and falling inflation rates. For the current year, there are only tentative signs of a slow recovery in the purchasing power of wages.

A resumption of real wage growth would stabilize the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is far from over from workers' point of view. They have borne the brunt of real income losses associated with the energy-price shock resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The lingering reduction in real wage levels means that wage policy still needs to catch up to contribute to a fairer distribution of the burden between labor and capital.

This new book published by Oxford University Press presents the findings of the multiannual ERC research project “Researching Precariousness Across the Paid/Unpaid Work Continuum”,
led by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven), which are very important for the prospects of a more equal Europe.

Unpaid labour is no longer limited to the home or volunteer work. It infiltrates paid jobs, eroding rights and deepening inequality. From freelancers’ extra hours to care workers’ unpaid duties, it sustains precarity and fuels inequity. This book exposes the hidden forces behind unpaid labour and calls for systemic change to confront this pressing issue.

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How can Europe adapt to an ageing workforce?

How can Europe adapt to an ageing workforce? What impediments do older workers face at the workplace? How are changing technologies and job quality influencing the retention of older workers on the labour market?

This episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series sets out to answer these questions in the context of changing demographics in Europe and the need to make work more sustainable.

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