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Environmental Activism
(2025)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue examines the changing conditions for environmental activism in Russia since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2022. Anastassia Obydenkova analyzes external influences on Russian environmental activism, highlighting the growing isolation from Western organizations, Russia’s suspended participation in international forums, and China’s growing influence. Elizabeth Plantan examines the impact of the war on environmental ...Journal Issue -
Georgian Politics after the Parliamentary Elections
(2025)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue looks at the geopolitical tension playing out in Georgia’s politics in the aftermath of the parliamentary elections of October 2024. The first contribution by Mariam Chikhladze provides an overview evidence indicating election manipulation. In the next article Tamari Gvasalia examines the relationship between police and political power in Georgia under the Georgian Dream party government, focusing on the state's response to the ...Journal Issue -
Warfare and International Relations
(2025)Ukrainian Analytical DigestThis issue looks at warfare and international relations in Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine. The first two contributions, by Esther Locher and Dominika Kunertova, examine new developments in urban warfare and drone warfare respectively. The next two contributions, by Yuliya Kazdobina and Thomas Pritchard, analyse Ukraine’s interim security framework based on bilateral agreements and the use of nuclear strategy and ...Journal Issue -
Ehrl Bielicky in Conversation with VOCE, 6 questions, 7 architects
(2024)Voce n°7 - FAST, OSA MendrisioJournal Issue -
Capsule 2024
(2024)Capsule: International Review of Radical Design & Desire TheoryA hybrid between a magazine and a book, paying homage to a lineage of Italian radical design publications while indulging in a lavish physicality, Capsule is released annually during Milan Design Week. Delving into the world of design in its broader definition through a genre-bending line up of designers, architects, and creators, the third issue comes with a set of five covers. Also featured in this issue: Marc Newson, Tiffany Icons, ...Journal Issue -
Transformation of the Political System of Belarus after 2020
(2025)Belarus Analytical DigestThis issue analyses the evolution of the Belarus’s political system after 2020. The first contribution by Piotr Rudkouski and Piotr Lichacz examines Belarus’s 2020 pro-democracy mobilisation within the context of global democratic decline, highlighting domestic drivers such as changing values and demand for meritocratic leadership amid limited external support. Additionally, Stephen Hall analyses the regime’s post-2020 reliance on Russia ...Journal Issue -
Heinz Isler e la sua ereditá nella progettazione digitale: Heinz Isler and his legacy in digital design
(2024)ArchiHeinz Isler (1926–2009) è uno degli ingegneri più noti per la progettazione di volte sottili in cemento armato, sia semplici gusci definiti attraverso il principio della membrana pneumatica, sia quelli più complessi configurati con il metodo della membrana sospesa. Il suo obiettivo era costruire con minimo dispendio di materiale e di tensione, esplorando le leggi della natura in quanto processo biologico. La sua ricerca si contraddistingue ...Journal Issue -
Siloviki
(2025)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue examines the role of the Russian siloviki since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Brian Taylor provides an overview of the literature on siloviki and some of the central concepts, findings, and debates. Mark Galeotti analyzes how the Kremlin has put Russia's three main security services—the FSB, SVR, and GRU—on a war footing. Pavel Luzin argues that the Kremlin’s goal is to prevent the military elite from becoming political ...Journal Issue -
Presidential Election and EU Referendum
(2025)Moldovan Analytical DigestThis first issue of the MDAD covers the presidential elections and the referendum on enshrining Moldova’s EU aspirations in the constitution, which took place in October and November 2024. The contributions analyze turnout and trends in comparison to 2020 (deSisto & Pop-Eleches), in relation to public opinion on EU integration (Burmester) and in the face of oligarchic and Russian interference (Marandici). The final contribution (Mihailov) ...Journal Issue -
Book Reviews
(2024)OaseIn this issue of OASE, the history of the architectural book review is outlined through 25 case studies from the eighteenth century until today. The properties are studied of a genre that is more or less generally available, intended for a shifting audience of architects, interested readers and historians. The main aim is to reveal how the book relates to the architecture practice, and how this relationship has evolved. The book review ...Journal Issue -
Forced Displacement: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the South Caucasus
(2025)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The special issue deals with the problem of forced migration and protracted displacement in the South Caucasus. While the phenomenon has plagued the region since the late years of the Soviet Union, the more recent outbreaks of violence between Armenia, the regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, and Azerbaijan have ignited new waves of displacement. Based on interviews and surveys, the issue examines the respective government efforts to cope with the ...Journal Issue -
On Peripheralization: Radical Perspectives on Urban Life in Territories of Extended Urbanisation
(2025)AntipodeThis forthcoming special issue of Antipode aims to explore and expand the boundaries of urban geography by focusing on the processes of peripheralization, a phenomenon increasingly relevant in global urban studies. We seek to convene a “symposium” that not only challenges traditional methodologies and theoretical frameworks but also introduces radical and critical perspectives on urban development from the margins to the center. Today, ...Journal Issue -
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Russia and the South Caucasus
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue addresses Russia’s geopolitical and economic role in the South Caucasus with a first assessment of the dramatic shifts in recent years, most notably with the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 and Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2022. The first three contributions look at bilateral relations, examining how Georgia (covered by Kornely Kakachia), Azerbaijan (Nigar Gurbanli, Anar Valiyev) and Armenia (Narek Sukiasyan) position ...Journal Issue -
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Relations with Ukraine's Neighbors
(2024)Ukrainian Analytical DigestThe six analyses in this issue look at Ukraine's relations with its neighbors and how they have developed since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion in February 2022. While Ukraine's neighborly relations with Poland, Romania and the Republic of Moldova have improved significantly, bilateral relations with Hungary and Slovakia are complicated and those with Russia’s ally Belarus have even reached a low point.Journal Issue -
Contemporary Russian-Speaking Art and Culture in Exile
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue focuses on Russian-speaking contemporary art and artists in exile. The first article, by Nika Parkhomovskaia, examines the current situation of Russian-language theater and theater makers outside of Russia, while the second, by Anastasia Arefieva, reviews the emerging Russian-language cultural media, publishing houses, and bookstores in Europe. The third contribution, by Ilya Skokleenko, examines Russian-language poetry in exile ...Journal Issue -
Tidal Waves of War: How Russia's War on Ukraine Is Affecting Lives, Borders, and Mobility
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue brings together sociological analyses shaped by the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, which expanded considerably in 2022. Olga Senina and Julia Dementienko focus on life in St. Petersburg since the war began. Both authors draw attention to societal changes; shifts in everyday life; and the ways in which people navigate a reality dominated by repression, propaganda, and fear. Elena Nikiforova and Maria Tysiachniouk delve into the ...Journal Issue