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Language Usage and Language Policy
(2023)Ukrainian Analytical DigestThe topic of this issue is Language Usage and Language Policy. Firstly, Juliane Besters-Dilger gives an overview of language policy in Ukraine since independence (1991); secondly, Volodymyr Kulyk analyses polls indicating a possible increased use of Ukrainian since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia; thirdly, Natalia Kudriavtseva discusses the motivations of the language shift to Ukrainian; lastly, Anastasija Kostiučenko ...Journal Issue -
The West and Russia’s War of Aggression against Ukraine
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue covers the Western reaction to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. It starts with a critical comment by James Sherr questioning the West’s response and resolve. Robert Orttung then goes on to look at the internal struggle about support for Ukraine in US politics, focusing on the foreign policy stance of the Republican Party. In another case study Stefan Meister presents a critical assessment of Germany’s policies in ...Journal Issue -
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Indoctrination
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue looks at the impact of indoctrination in schools and universities. Eugenia Nazrullaeva et al. discuss Russian indoctrination in comparative perspective. Allyson Edwards examines youth indoctrination through the case study of Yunarmiya. In a republished interview, Andrei Yakovlev tells the post-Soviet story of the Higher School of Economics from an insider’s perspective. Nikolai Petrov presents the results of a recent study ...Journal Issue -
Western Sanctions and Russia’s Role for Global Energy
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)This issue deals with Western Sanctions and Russia’s Role for Global Energy. Nina Poussenkova explores the impact of Western sanctions on the Russian oil sector since February 24, 2022; Irina Mironova provides an overview of the current situation in the Russian natural gas sector; finally, Martin Jirušek assesses the stability and security of the EU’s gas supply portfolio after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the EU’s subsequent focus ...Journal Issue -
Russia’s War against Ukraine: Connectivity and Disruption in the South Caucasus
(2023)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)Connectivity and disruption are key elements in analysing the impact of the Russian large-scale war against Ukraine on the South Caucasus. Laurence Broers analyses the simplified, securitised and conservative thinking about connectivity in the South Caucasus. For Katja Kalkschmied, China’s interest in the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has increased. Vali Kaleji argues that the security balance in the South Caucasus has shifted ...Journal Issue -
Iran and the South Caucasus after the Second Karabakh War
(2024)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The papers in this issue address the regional dynamics following the Second Karabakh War of 2020. Iran has found itself having more and more of a foot in the South Caucasus as a result. The prospects and modalities of the so-called ‘Zangezur Corridor’ (a proposed land connection between Azerbaijan proper and its exclave of Nakhchivan/Nakhichevan) include economic, geopolitical, strategic, cultural, and ideological components, perceived ...Journal Issue -
Russian Environmentalism During the War
(2024)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russian Environmentalism During the War. Maria Tysiachniouk analyzes the changing dynamics of the environmental NGO community in Russia, reflecting on the complex interplay between state control, international collaboration, and grassroots activism; Maria Chiara Franceschelli explores the complex interplay between environmentalism, center-periphery relations, and ethnonationalism in Russia during both peacetime ...Journal Issue -
Impact of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Agriculture
(2024)Ukrainian Analytical DigestThe topic of this issue is Impact of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Agriculture. Oleg Nivievskyi and Roman Neyter make an interim assessment of the financial consequences of the war-related damages and losses in Ukrainian agriculture; Alexander Mkrtchian and Daniel Müller used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery to estimate the extent of abandoned croplands on both sides of the front line after the onset of war. A section with export statistics rounds ...Journal Issue