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Promising findings in Serbia, Ukraine and Turkey show what can be achieved with a bit of information.
What’s the significance of the US beefing up its military presence in Europe? The Conversation provides a roundup of articles addressing the crisis in Ukraine.
Romani children across Europe are overrepresented in institutional care. Research shows widely held prejudical views and structural inequality is to blame.
Since its independence 30 years ago, Ukraine has tried to balance its Western aspirations with its Russian past. Vladimir Putin is not ready to let go of the past without a possible invasion.
The Pentagon has announced that as many as 8,500 troops have been put on standby to be deployed in Europe as a counter to the threat of the Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s eastern border.
What’s happening in the eastern forests of the European Union is a catastrophic spectacle and the logical and expected consequence of more than three decades of irresponsible border policy.
The European Union is attempting to portray eastern European countries as racists infringing upon the human rights of refugees. But it’s the EU itself that’s primarily to blame for the refugee crisis.
The past century’s vampires have often been a bit dashing, even romantic. That’s not how the myth started out.
The ‘illiberal democracy’ model being followed in Hungary may appear all the more appealing following a very important election.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to seek commitments from his US counterpart, pledging support in his country’s ongoing battle with the Russian Federation.
Recent actions against critics of the Belarusian government show that Lukashenko’s crackdown on dissent is extending beyond the country’s borders.
A new anti-LGBTQ+ law in Hungary is populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s tactic for securing support ahead of elections.
While Serbia’s Covid-19 infection rate continues to be worrisome, the country has shown the ability to vaccinate a higher proportion of its population than EU nations.
Gay men earn 11% less while lesbian women earn 9% more than their heterosexual counterparts.
Western leaders learned the hard way 25 years ago that conflict in the Balkans can become ethnic cleansing. Add Russia into the mix, and Montenegro’s new problems are US and European problems, too.
Plus what protesters in Belarus want to happen next. Episode 1 of The Conversation’s new weekly podcast.
They grew up understanding that the state would take of them into old age. But that was before communism fell.
Eastern European countries are making the same mistakes now as western European countries did in the spring.
Lauded as a success story during the first wave, the country is now struggling with an explosion of cases.
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Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
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Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of History, Clarkson University
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