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Theatre has now been fully instrumentalised by the Russian state in line with its new patriotic cultural policy.
Russia is not only looking for much-needed ammunition, it is trying to counter Western influence wherever it can.
Wars are no longer fought in the trenches, they’re fought in the streets and civilians are on the frontline.
African must make its collective voice heard on Russian mercenaries in African conflicts.
Russia has long been a ‘paramilitarised’ regime, where the state can be challenged and undermined, but is not completely destroyed, by paramilitary or criminal groups.
A scholar of Eastern Europe spent time talking with Ukrainians in Kyiv during a recent trip and observed that people are scarred from the war – but still determined to fight back against Russia.
As long as nuclear power plants continue to operate, we are frighteningly vulnerable not only to severe accidents, but also to the weaponisation of these facilities.
There is increased demand to join BRICS in the emerging world order, partly as a countervailing power to “the west”.
All Nordic states are now members of the military alliance, bolstering key border regions with Russia.
Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.
Victoria Amelina died 1 July, from injuries she received during a Russian rocket strike on Kramatorsk. Her work addressed questions of individual and collective responsibility.
Russia’s systematic manipulation of children dates back long before the war in Ukraine, to when the Soviet Union first made false promises to its large population of orphans.
Euphoria in the West about the short-lived revolt by the Wagner Group hasn’t yet resulted in military gains for Ukraine.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to cancel the publication of her latest novel needs to be understood in the context of a long history of symbolic protest.
Depleted uranium munitions are bad news for enemy tanks, but are not nuclear weapons, and studies have shown that they pose low risks of radiation or chemical exposure.
The ongoing war in Ukraine has forced the Russian military to reassess its ability to defend its territorial gains. The flooding of the Dnieper River gives the Russians a natural defense.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward or if the remaining water is lost to the war could lead to a disaster.
Geopolitics is forcing BRICS countries to balance respect for international law, self-determination, sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes with their friendly relations with Russia.
Despite China’s economic power, the yuan lags as a major global currency. Here’s why current US interest rates and sanctions on Russia may change that.
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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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Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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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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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs in the College of Distance Education, US Naval War College
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Associate Professor of Dance, Environmental Studies and Education Studies, Wesleyan University
