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Category Archives: Russia
Oct 21 2019
Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’
Comments Off on Whose freedom, and from what?: The child as cipher for a (transnational) politics of ‘traditional values’By Maria Brock Awareness of increasing (and increasingly politicised) sentiment against so-called ‘gender ideology’ is spreading, and no longer merely confined to academic and activist circles. Indeed, while her work is considered notoriously inaccessible to those outside academe, Judith Butler, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 21, 2019
Tagged with: anti-gender, Children, education, Gender, Heteroactivism, LGBTQ
Jul 30 2019
Inspiring the fight? Protests and Voter Defections in Electoral Autocracies
Comments Off on Inspiring the fight? Protests and Voter Defections in Electoral AutocraciesBy Katerina Tertytchnaya As protests unfold in electoral autocracies – regimes that combine authoritarian practices with multiparty elections – voters who previously supported the ruling regime are expected to shift and back the opposition. However, by looking at the case of … Continue reading
Posted by: July 30, 2019
Nov 12 2015
The Ultimate Sovereign Debt Showdown: Russia & Ukraine likely to battle it out in court!
Comments Off on The Ultimate Sovereign Debt Showdown: Russia & Ukraine likely to battle it out in court!By Kanad Bagchi Against the backdrop of acute political instability, civil war, the loss of Crimea, and a debilitating state of public finances, Ukraine remarkably secured a debt restructuring deal with its international bondholders on 27th August 2015, potentially augmenting … Continue reading
Posted by: November 12, 2015
Tagged with: court, IMF, Sovereign Debt
Jul 20 2015
Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and Moldova
Comments Off on Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and MoldovaBy Eleanor Knott In 1991, Moldova declared itself an independent state as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, the recognised Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by Russia. Here, Eleanor Knott discusses identity politics and kin-state … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2015
Tagged with: Bottom-up, identity politics, Moldova, Russia, soviet union, Ukraine
Apr 29 2015
Pussy Riot as a Symptom of Putinism
1 CommentBy Maria Brock Pussy Riot’s recent guest appearance on the third season of US hit show House of Cards demonstrates that the arguably most famous faces of the Russian opposition have not lost their international appeal, especially when facing off … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2015
Tagged with: extreme left wing movements, Pussy Riot, Putin, Russian Orthodox Church
Apr 16 2015
Time for a New Western Strategy in Ukraine
2 CommentsBy Robert W. Murray To date, the western strategy towards the ongoing war in Ukraine has been a failure. Not only has there been no cessation of violence, but the violence in certain areas of Eastern Ukraine is actually worsening, … Continue reading
Posted by: April 16, 2015
Tagged with: Crimea, European defence, Lithuania, NATO, Realism, Russia, Ukraine
Apr 3 2015
The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year On
Comments Off on The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year OnBy Roberto Orsi More than a year has gone by since the overthrowal of Viktor Yanukovich, the starting point of a severe international crisis between Moscow and the West, successively escalated by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the outbreak of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2015
Tagged with: Bundeswehr, Crimea, Donbass War, EU army, Jean-Claude Juncker, Minsk 2
Dec 3 2014
“We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David Crouch
Comments Off on “We have a long history of getting it wrong on Russia” – Interview with David CrouchEuro Crisis in the Press talks to David Crouch about media coverage of EU-Russia relations and the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. You were covering the recent search for Russian submarines off the Swedish coast. How well … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2014
Tagged with: European identity, Gorbachev, media, media discourse, Putin, Russia, Russian Politics, Russian submarines, Sweden, Yeltsin
Sep 9 2014
A Few Reflections on the Demonisation of Putin
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Henry Kissinger once declared that “Putin’s demonisation is not a policy, but an alibi for the absence of one”. However authoritative the source of this recommendation, the collective fixation with the Russian President has reached new heights … Continue reading
Posted by: September 9, 2014
Tagged with: agonistic politics, Antichrist, decapitation strike, Devil, Evil, hate, hatred, Hitler, Kant, NATO, Perfetual Peace, Putin, Russian Politics, tyrannicide, Ukraine, warfare, WWIII