May 10, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Feature Photo by Random Institute on Unsplash Story by Jeremy Morris How has Russia changed, more than a year after its invasion of Ukraine? Has it become a fascist state with soldiers in the classroom, and people afraid to express the slightest doubts about the war?...
Mar 17, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Featured, Politics & Society
By Maartje Abbenhuis & Sara Buttsworth While it is all too easy and comfortable to indulge in our Nazi fascination to demonise our enemies, maybe we should still the media chaos just for a moment and reflect. Who are you calling a Nazi? And why? From the very...
Mar 3, 2022 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Mary Kaldor Putin is the product of a corrupt economic system that we must now reform, writes Mary Kaldor. In all the commentary on the war in Ukraine and the debates about whether the West bears any responsibility, very few people have referred to the social and...
Feb 28, 2022 | Politics & Society
A land war has returned to Europe. This week, Russia attacked Ukraine. What are the causes of the conflict? What are the motivations of the actors? Could this war have been avoided? Doug Becker speaks with Anna Ohanyan, Robert English, and Serhiy Kudelia. Anna Ohanyan...
Feb 24, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Steve Hoadley The recognition by President Putin of the Donetsk and Luhansk ‘Peoples Republics’ on 21 February is his latest initiative to expand Russia’s influence. Will he prevail? Will he pause or push further? History is rich with examples of ‘irredentism’,...
Feb 23, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Greg Yudin A view from Russia: no sanctions will stop Moscow, and its actions will drive more countries into NATO’s arms. In the near future, a big war will begin – a war that we have not seen in the lifetime of my generation, and perhaps the previous...
Feb 1, 2022 | Politics & Society
Russia’s relationship with Ukraine is complicated. Ukrainian independence coming out of the collapse of the Soviet Union ended a 350-year history of Ukraine as a part of the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Union. From that period forward, the two nations...
Jan 25, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Greg Yudin Putin’s threats are a desperate defence of Russia’s status quo. I’m often asked the following question about Ukraine: ‘Why is Putin doing this? Why does he want to attack Ukraine? He’s doing OK, what is he unhappy with?’ I always give the same...
Jan 22, 2020 | Politics & Society
Major political change is happening in Russia right now as President Vladimir Putin announced significant constitutional changes in his annual address to the nation. The amendments Putin put forward included term limits for the president, more authority for parliament...
Dec 9, 2019 | Politics & Society
In March 2014, Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. One month later, pro-Russian forces seized parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in the eastern part of the country called the Donbass region. Western nations, including the US, responded by placing targeted...