Military tensions and political concern are heating up in Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova that borders Ukraine. An Eastern European expert answers four key questions about this region.
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Ukrainian fighters are utilizing a maze of tunnels in Mariupol and other key cities. The use of the underground in conflict has a rich history.
Not all nations have joined in a united front against Russia’s invasion. The conflict and talk of a new Cold War could reignite the nonaligned movement.
Russia’s take on the Second World War is not merely for nationalist consumption. The actions of the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany appear to be a blueprint for the Russian attack on Ukraine.
India has stood apart from other major democracies in failing to offer a full-throated condemnation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Here’s why.
Many Russians hanker for the old USSR, but it has more to do with cultural and economic nostalgia than wanting the old Soviet empire back.
Soviet Russia had a policy of denying its responsibility for war crimes. It looks as if Putin’s Russia may be following suit.
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
A memorial took place on April 27, 2022 for former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died in March at age 84. Many of the foreign policy concepts she helped bring to the post-Cold War world remain.
The way two presidents used language to ask Americans to support intervening in a foreign conflict shows the power of a leader who uses plain speaking – and sets limits on intervention.
Seizing Kharkiv or Kyiv is going to take time and heavy use of artillery— called ‘the God of War’ by Joseph Stalin — if it happens at all.
Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin is struggling to convince people why history is on his side – both internationally and at home.
The west Ukrainian city has long been both a symbol of Ukrainian identity and an effevescent, multicultural hub.
The war in Ukraine is just the latest chapter in a long, tangled relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ukraine was becoming increasingly linked with the global economy. Russia’s invasion puts its progress at risk.
History always served as a weapon in the former Soviet Union, a way to control the narrative and deny the truth of the past. Vladimir Putin is now attempting to control this narrative through war.
Those placing their faith in sanctions to turn Russians against the war in Ukraine know little about the country, its history and people, write two scholars who have studied Russian culture.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants parts of Ukraine to be closer to Russia, and would like to prevent Ukraine from becoming part of NATO.
In the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war, we should pay more attention to the evolution of Russia’s official rhetoric and military actions in former Soviet states.
A historian looks back at a time when Ukrainians battled for control of the capital, but succumbed to a superior Soviet army.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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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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Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of History, Gonzaga University
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Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of History, Clarkson University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
