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Evolution of Latinization in Turkic states: From Sovietization to Nationalization
Central Asia's current process of Latinization is strongly linked to the legitimization of power, the construction of postcolonial identity, and the search for geopolitical balance between Russia and Turkey. At...
Migration as a Tool for Expansion: Russia’s Geopolitical Carte Blanche Vis-à-vis Eurasian Union
Migration is key to Putin’s geopolitical strategy.
"Traditional Values" Rhetoric and Efforts for Greater Domestic Violence Protections in Russia: Why Legislative Action May Not Be Enough
Pervasive domestic violence remains an ongoing human rights concern in Russia, with cases underreported and a pronounced lack of recourse and governmental support services. Efforts to address this issue have...
Destruction, Reconstruction, Belief: The 1837 Fire at the Winter Palace and its Aftermaths (A Paper in Verse)
‘Twas evening in St Petersburg
The days were very short
It happened in December
At the dwelling of the court.
The tsar was at the theater
When the news was brought to him
“The palace has gone up in flames!”
The news was very grim!
Emotional Accessibility: Illustrations and Editorial Cartoons in Late Imperial Russia’s "Kopeck Press"
In the years before the First World War and the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia was home to a thriving penny press. Journalists, publishers, and ambitious entrepreneurs in towns and cities across...
Conversation in the Kitchen: Sasha Dugdale’s Voiced Translation of Maria Stepanova
Some may argue that there is a conflict of interest in translating a friend, but Sasha Dugdale’s deft translations of Maria Stepanova, with whom she is close, suggest that friendship...
Condemned to Stagnation? Comparing Rebel Governance Models in the Secessionist Regions in Moldova and Ukraine
Parastates or de facto states feature as an overlooked phenomenon in international affairs. A recent study identified thirty-four of them in existence after the Second World War. Their surprising long-term...
Cossack Education Becoming Further Institutionalized Across Russia’s Regions
Russia is going to great lengths to maintain its war effort in Ukraine without another wave of mobilization. Military-adjacent structures like the Registered Cossacks are becoming increasingly important as a source of recruits for the Russian army.
From Incarceration to Repatriation: German Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union
The legacy of German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union resonates to this day in contemporary Russian politics.
Portraying Perpetration, Victimhood, and Implication at Sites of Soviet Repression in Moscow
The Russian state’s failure to reckon with the legacy of Soviet repression has strengthened memory discourses now used to justify the current war in Ukraine.
Transnational Cinematic Contact Zone: a discussion with Masha Salazkina
Masha Salazkina, Associate Professor of Film and Research Chair of Transnational Arts and Culture from Concordia University in Montreal, spoke to guests of the Jordan Center on Friday regarding her...
The Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Transformation of State-Religion Relations in Azerbaijan
In post-Soviet Azerbaijan, the state has moved from religious neglect to active management of faith communities, balancing control over foreign influence with promotion of “traditional” religious expression.
Amber Wars: Corruption and International Implications
While the conflict in the East has garnered much attention in the last few years, the illegal amber market plaguing Ukraine’s northwestern region is virtually unknown to the international community.
Snowden in Moscow: The Interview
"I’ve been recognized every now and then. It’s always in computer stores. It’s something like brain associations, because I’ll be in the grocery store and nobody will recognize me. Even...
Russia's Relations with the West one Year after the US Presidential Elections
One year after the US presidential elections, what is the current state of US-Russian/Eurasian relations and what can we expect for the future?
Russia’s Break with the International Liberal Order and Consequences for Arctic Cooperation
In the past, state cooperation in the Arctic region has continued despite great-power competition. This situation has changed completely since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine.
Arctic Exceptionalism: A Narrative of Cooperation and Conflict from Gorbachev to Medvedev and Putin
Since 2022, the narrative of Arctic exceptionalism has experienced major disruptions.
Here’s How Trump’s Election Will Affect U.S.-Russian Relations
Donald Trump broke new ground — especially for a Republican candidate — with his consistent praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Intelligence Operations and the (Re-)Construction of the Soviet Security Apparatus in Axis-Occupied Central and Western Ukraine, 1943-1944
In Axis-occupied territories during the Second World War, Soviet coercive actors were always present behind enemy lines.
The Creation of Soviet National Consciousness, or Why Nadezhda Krupskaya Matters
Locating the female subject in early Soviet history has been a broader impetus for my investigation of the relationship between gender and nationalism in the formation of the Soviet state....