Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
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Russia is burning off and wasting millions of pounds of gas rather than supply it to Europe. Here’s why.
While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
Monica Attard witnessed the death throes of the USSR – and the birth of a brave new world – as the ABC’s Russia foreign correspondent. In 2022, a return to an Orwellian regime looms.
Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev’s chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently transpired.
There’s an unexpected beneficiary of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russian artists are finding an artistic home in Kirkenes, a small Norwegian town 15 kilometres from the Russian border.
Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.
The presence of the first ladies in diplomatic activities shows the existence of feminine norms in the midst of political masculinity in the state leadership.
Putin simultaneously seeks to control Ukraine, to dominate Russia’s region, and to hasten the fall of the West. And is an internal struggle on the horizon?
Aug. 24, 2022 marked both the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union and the six-month mark of war. As they have for more than three decades, Ukrainians showed resilience.
The Ukraine war has prompted thousands of Russian Jews to flee the country, an expert investigates why.
Macron’s recent visits to Africa tell a story in which France is doing penance for its colonial crimes while trying to maintain influence gained through colonialism.
With a formidable Kremlinologist in charge and Donald Trump out of the presidential picture, has the CIA regained its influence amid the ‘new cold war’?
The decision is understandable, but it’s not without costs, both for Sweden and the wider world, especially in the longer term.
New Zealanders fighting in Ukraine are facing significant risks, with no official support from the government. The fighters’ motives may be noble but are they muddying the waters?
Six months into the Ukraine war, around 5000 Ukrainian civilans and 9000 soldiers have died, but the war shows no sign of ending.
The era of lunar resource use is quickly approaching. But with legal and practical issues still looming, nations are starting to think about sustainable ways to mine and protect the Moon.
Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant has many safety measures, but could not cope with direct bombing.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea is using unexpected guerrilla tactics.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
