Assessing China’s Strategy Towards Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Beijing may entice Moscow to continue its imperial ambitions to keep key American and Taiwanese allies occupied, and out of the Asian Pacific.
Interview Feature – North Azovian Greeks in War and Transition
Christos Mantas and Konstantina Oikonomou explore how liminality, conflict, and displacement reveal structural gaps in international law and protection of the Greek community in Ukraine.
Opinion – Gender, Ukraine and Imagining a Just, Sustainable Peace
Building sustainable and just peace rests on the inclusive recollection of painful events shaping the collective memory.
Review – Russia’s Overlooked Invasion
Hauter convincingly recasts Donbas as a Russian invasion using digital forensics, which, while innovative, is a contested method due to its reliance on online sources.
Opinion – European Credibility and the Illusion of Normative Power
In the light of the Ukraine and Gaza wars, Macron’s Shangri-La Dialogue speech reflects Europe’s potential, and its paradoxes.
Opinion – If You Want Peace, Help Ukraine with the War
The more doubt there is that the US will support Ukraine, the better the future trajectory of the war is from the Russian perspective.
Review – Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine
Laryš’s analysis of Russia’s proxy war in Donbas is rich in theory and detail, though occasionally weighed down by dense structure and unclear chronology.
Opinion – Examining the Conditions for Durable Peace in Ukraine
Trump’s wilful ignorance and urgency for peace may achieve little in terms of a lasting solution but risks leaving a legacy of unresolved tensions.
Ukraine and the Geopolitics of Legitimacy
The defence of Ukraine must be decoupled from abstract idealism and reframed as a test case for the viability of international law.
Putin’s Apologists Must Face a Sobering Reality
Whoever believes that Ukraine is where the Kremlin’s geopolitical and territorial ambitions end has little understanding of Russian foreign policy.
