Outdated Western thinking empowers Russia’s war machine
Decades of viewing Ukraine as a mere “buffer zone” between Europe and Russia have led to precarious Western complacency amid a roaring global conflict, experts warn.
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Kursk Oblast: Where Russia’s “historical lands” argument falls apart
As Ukrainian troops advance into Kursk Oblast, they encounter an unexpected ally: history itself. Ironically, Russia's justification for invading Ukraine crumbles on its own soil.
It’s time to free Ukrainian studies from behind the Russian curtain
Amid the largest war in Europe since World War II, there is no more time for delaying difficult conversations and uncomfortable decisions.
Shadow of the empire: Why Russia’s indigenous nations fear independence
Shunned both by the West and Russia’s liberal opposition, indigenous activists find new ways to challenge Russia’s colonial ways — and rekindle their people’s will to independence.
Inside Ukraine’s covert program preparing Russia’s minorities for independence
While battling Russian aggression, Ukraine is quietly fostering a cadre of leaders poised to carve independent nations from Russia's vast, multiethnic territories.
Can Ukraine cancel Russia’s imperial history? Odesa debates decolonization
"Awareness and treatment of imperial trauma are paramount in this time-consuming and difficult psychological process," Tetiana Pylypchuk, director of the Kharkiv Literary Museum, told a rapt audience in Odesa, capturing the central dilemma of Ukraine's decolonization debate.
UK intel: Russian nationalist movement pushes for harsher approach to war against Ukraine
Owner of a Russian nationalist TV channel Konstantin Malofeev is sponsoring a university movement that envisions global Russian ideological dominance
“Last colonial empire in Europe” must fall, nations subjugated by Russia call in Vilnius
The 11th Forum of Free Nations of Post-Russia, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, culminated in the issuance of a joint "Proclamation of Good Neighborliness" calling for the dismantling of the Russian empire.
Georgians at the crossroads: protests against authoritarianism and Russian influence
On Tuesday, May 14, Georgia’s ruling Dream Party passed the “Foreign Agents law,” threatening aspirations to join the…
“Story of a dying empire”: Georgia’s “foreign agent” law protests echo Ukraine’s Euromaidan
Nearly a decade after Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution, the struggle against Russian influence has found new life on the streets of Tbilisi, where protesters see the "foreign agent" law as a haunting echo of the empire's last gasps.
Russia’s imperial pretensions will continue to menace Europe after Putin gone, Latvian FM says
Latvian foreign minister states Russia's imperialist mentality, evident in Ukraine, will outlast Putin necessitating continued NATO deterrence against its ambitions.
“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism
Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.
Why post-Russian Studies are the future for a post-Russia world
As scholars of Russian imperialism from the Caucasus to Central Asia begin breaking academic silos to forge solidarity against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a glaring question demands an answer: How much responsibility do researchers bear for the war?
Russia’s soft power empire pivots to Global South
Faced with mounting obstacles across Europe, Russia's soft power juggernaut churns into high gear in Africa, Latin America, and India
Disintegrated Russia will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decide
The post-imperial Russia disintegrated into 41 states will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decided on their 8th meeting in Paris and London
Genocidal graffiti: Russian soldiers’ inscriptions in Ukraine show it’s not just Putin’s war
Russian soldiers' graffiti in Ukraine expose a genocidal worldview, brimming with the imperialism, chauvinism, and simply hatred of Russian propaganda.
Genocide, assimilation, theft: Kazakh historian reveals Russian colonialism’s ruthless playbook
Russian colonialism for centuries has relied on the elimination and assimilation of local peoples to build its empire, says Kazakh historian Botakoz Kassymbekova.
“Do Svidaniya” to Russo-centrism: Western schools start decolonizing Eastern Europe studies
A Russo-centric approach towards Eastern European and Slavonic studies and related fields has long reigned supreme in Western…
Essay: Ukraine reclaims its place in Europe in the wake of Russia’s failing invasion
1. History is objective in that it is a series of significant and insignificant events. It is initially…
Russian literature is an accomplice in war against Ukraine – literary critic
Over the past thirty years, Ukrainian literature has embarked on a new path, turning its face away from…