The Outpost of Ukraine: The Role of Dnipro in the War in the Donbas
The outpost metaphor became a principle for a range of civic activity to inspire the city to turn towards a brighter European future, away from its Soviet past.
The Revival of the Dnipropetrovsk and Dnipro Jewish Community in Ukraine
Jews no longer must hide their nationality or religious preferences as they did in the USSR and have the tools, institutions, and resources to continue to preserve and develop their identity.
‘Eastern Ukraine’ is No More: War and Identity in Post-Euromaidan Dnipropetrovsk
The Kremlin never expected pushback from Southern-Eastern Ukraine’s Russian speakers and Jewish community because it never understood the internal dynamics of Ukraine.
Alienation and Marxism: An Alternative Starting Point for Critical IR Theory
When discussing anxiety as the constitutive feature of society, we should be talking about something social and historical, rather than transhistorical and ontological, for a politically relevant approach.
New Book – Ukraine’s Outpost: Dnipropetrovsk and the Russian-Ukrainian War
This book challenges disinformation and stereotypes of Ukraine which portray it as a regionally divided country with the military conflict as a ‘civil war’ between Russian and Ukrainian speakers.
Opinion – Escalating Conflict Endangers Prospects of Peace in Yemen
The scenario in Yemen in the midst of recent violence only draws more attention to the layers of complexity that have to be unfolded in order to resolve the conflict.
Communist Party Politics, Rockets and Komsomol Business in Soviet Dnipropetrovsk
The Dnipropetrovsk and Dnipro elites, who are still rooted in their Soviet past, play a significant role in the development of independent Ukraine.
Opinion – The Libyan Border as a Testing Ground for European Sovereignty
In recent years, consensus on EU immigration policy has taken a bruising and any future definition remains in flux — much like the European project as a whole.
Opinion – Putin’s Obsession with Ukraine as a ‘Russian Land’
The roots of this artificial crisis lie in Putin’s pan-Russianist obsession that Ukraine is a ‘Russian land’ and Ukrainians are a branch of the pan-Russian nation. Everything else flows from that.
Opinion – Kazakhstan’s Dark Heritage
Russian troops on Kazak soil are unpleasant reminders of Kazakhstan’s dark heritage and bring unwelcome memories of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago.
