Opinion articles by Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, no longer appear on the website of the American magazine TIME. His author page was unavailable at the time this article was published. The archive of columns and links that had previously appeared there are also no longer displayed.
Yermak published articles in TIME after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In those texts, he outlined his vision for the future of international security, Ukraine’s role in postwar Europe, relations with Russia, and the place of Ukraine’s leadership within a new European order.
In one column published in 2022 as part of TIME’s Davos special project, Yermak argued that the previous international security system had effectively exhausted itself. He wrote that Russia, through its war against Ukraine, had rejected the foundational principles of the international order, while Ukraine was being offered capitulation and the loss of its sovereignty under the guise of compromise.
Yermak portrayed Ukraine not only as a country subjected to aggression, but also as a state that should help shape a new security architecture. He wrote about the need for international guarantees, new mechanisms for responding to aggression, and stronger pressure on Russia.
Some of Yermak’s previous articles remain accessible through archived copies in the Web Archive or as a PDF file. However, those publications no longer appear on his TIME author page.
A TIME100 page from 2024 dedicated to Yermak also failed to load during verification. In 2024, TIME included him in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The accompanying profile was written by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (The article can still be viewed via WebArchive or downloaded as a PDF.)
In that publication, Yermak was presented as one of the key figures in Ukraine’s leadership following the start of the full-scale war. Rasmussen wrote that Yermak helped communicate Volodymyr Zelensky’s position to international audiences and build a network of support for Ukraine—from Western capitals to countries across the Global South.
SFG Media has contacted TIME’s editorial office requesting clarification as to why Yermak’s opinion articles no longer appear on his author page, and why the TIME100 page dedicated to him was unavailable during verification. Any response from the publication will be added once received.