Ukraine

Reclaiming Surzhyk: Ukraine’s Linguistic Decolonisation

The appropriation of surzhyk testifies to the tendency towards elevation of Ukraine’s linguistic varieties and acceptance of variation, which goes against the colonial idealisation of strictly traced norms.

Opinion – Priorities and Challenges for Italy’s G7 Presidency

Dario Cristiani • Mar 16 2024 • Articles

Beyond the longer term importance of the Indo-Pacific, Italy’s immediate neighborhood, east and south, represents the focal point of its G7 presidency.

Putin’s Illusions and Ukraine’s Reality: Myth vs Westward Integration

Putin’s vision of reconciliation between Ukraine and Russia is flawed and demonstrates his intransigence.

The Trojan War in Crimea

Sveta Yefimenko • Jan 31 2024 • Articles

Russia’s Crimea policy is about history, religion, literature, myth, and imperial as well as military glory – which is a long-winded way of saying it’s about identity.

Thinking Global Podcast – Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel

E-International Relations • Jan 29 2024 • Features

Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel speak about their book ‘Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States’, causal factors of the conflict, NATO, war crimes, and more.

Ambivalence on Ukraine’s ‘De-Communisation’ Process

Martin Duffy • Dec 14 2023 • Articles

In December another Communist symbol in Kyiv toppled, but modern Ukraine has inherited a dark history that is less easy to remedy.

Opinion – Reducing Nuclear Fears to Negotiate a Winning Peace in Ukraine

Paul Alexander • Dec 12 2023 • Articles

Experts now routinely admit what few dared a year ago, Western weapons have been enough for Ukraine neither to lose or win.

The Overstretch Dilemma: Navigating the Precarious Balance of US Foreign Aid

Andrew Latham and Raymond Yu • Nov 9 2023 • Articles

The contrast in aid dynamics between Israel and Ukraine reflects not merely a resource allocation challenge but a deeper strategic prioritization conundrum.

Misplaced Certainty: NATO Hostility as Collective Common Sense Within Russia’s Leadership

Anni Roth Hjermann and Julie Wilhelmsen • Oct 5 2023 • Articles

Russia’s view of the world in terms of one big ‘Russophobic’ conspiracy theory precluded alternatives to what it deems ‘defensive’ measures.

The First War of the Anthropocene: Ukraine and the Struggle to ‘Un-Cancel the Future’

David Chandler • Sep 25 2023 • Articles

The Ukraine war is one of disavowal through which it is hoped the ‘idea’ of modernity, the idea of ‘Europe’, and the idea of ‘values’ can conceal their shabbier reality.

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