It is a question that has been circling through social media feeds and Telegram channels with the kind of quiet urgency that makes people stop and wonder: is the European Union really demanding that Ukraine force its women into military service to help fight off Russia’s invasion? The claim, which has been shared and reshared across X and Russian-language platforms in recent weeks, paints a picture of Brussels leaning heavily on Kyiv, pushing for the compulsory conscription of women as if this were some kind of condition for continued support. It sounds dramatic, and perhaps that is exactly why it…

In an era when information can be weaponized as easily as any missile, the bond between Azerbaijan and Türkiye has become a target for coordinated campaigns of deception. This was the central warning issued by Farid Shafiyev, Chairman of the Center for Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism, or AIR Center, during a panel session titled “Turkic World Dialogues: Shared Future, Shared Vision” in Baku. His remarks were not abstract musings about media trends; they were a clear-eyed assessment of a real and ongoing threat. Shafiyev pointed out that disinformation campaigns against Azerbaijan–Türkiye unity are not random or spontaneous. They…