The war between Russia and Ukraine continues. Despite ongoing peace talks, military engagement is escalating. In the new episode of a monthly special in cooperation with the Journal of Democracy, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in…
In the newest episode of a podcast in cooperation with the Journal of Democracy, Robert Person—Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy, West Point—discusses key issues that in his understanding pose nearly insurmountable obstacles to a negotiated ending of…
The year 2024 was meant to be the year of democracy. In the largest election year in the history of the world, nearly half of humanity, some three and a half billion people, were able to cast votes in 72…
The year 2024 was meant to be the year of democracy. In the largest election year in the history of the world, nearly half of humanity, some three and a half billion people, were able to cast votes in 72…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war highlighted the continuing struggles in fostering democracies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Given the significance of transitional justice, identity politics, and historical memory within these processes, memory…
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been ongoing for 10 years. It started with the occupation of Crimea and parts of the Donbas in 2014 and culminated in the full-scale invasion in 2022. Various domestic and international justice initiatives to ensure…
In this conversation at Visible Ukraine and Review of Democracy, Diana Dumitru—co-editor, with Dirk Moses, of the new collection The Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Victims, Perpetrators, Justice, and the Question of Genocide—discusses the motives of various Russian perpetrators in Ukraine…
In September 2024 the project “The Dynamics of the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of the Rule of Law and the EU Accession Aspirations” commenced. The project is hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)…
As of February, 2024, the Russo-Ukrainian war is starting again for the third time, the synchronicity and asynchronicity of communication for people living in/with/between war(s) has been changing. The truth and lies we encounter and articulate get different weight, the…
Here is an interview with Oksana Kuzmenko, a researcher of Ukrainian folklore, in which she is discussing authentic folklore as opposed to fakelore in the context of emerging national imagination. Here, Kuzmenko touches upon various topics: authenticity and invention in…