Ukraine

Opinion – Administrative Reparations for Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine

Sylvain Keller • Apr 7 2024 • Articles

The broad range of CRSV victims in Ukraine demonstrates the diversity and complexity of their reparative needs.

Dissecting the Realist Argument for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Princewilliams Odera Oguejiofor • Mar 31 2024 • Articles

Realism provides useful tools for dissecting state behaviour and interests, but it cannot fully account for Russia’s diplomatic misfires or the moral and humanitarian dimensions of the conflict.

Opinion – The West Should Drop the ‘Hybrid Warfare’ Discourse on Ukraine

Tarik Solmaz • Mar 25 2024 • Articles

Labelling Russia’s contemporary actions in Ukraine as hybrid warfare fails to accurately depict the evolving nature of the ongoing conflict.

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.

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