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Tagged: Ukraine War

We Didn’t Start the Fire: Military Interventions from Kosovo to Kiev

by Katharina Ristić This article was first published at the Blog for Transregional Research TRAFO. Only a few days before the attack on Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin responded to those scandalized by the prospect of a war in Europe, reminding Europeans that such a war had already taken place. In...

Putin’s Cheerleaders: How the War in Ukraine Jeopardizes France’s Populist Presidential Candidates

By Therese Mager, Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ)/ ReCentGlobe, Leipzig University – As is the case throughout Europe, French politics have been turned upside-down by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Unlike most nations, however, France is mere weeks away from a general election. The onset of war has triggered a...

The Russia-Ukraine War also Divides China

by Dr. Man Zhang, Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ)/ ReCentGlobe, Leipzig University – The Russia-Ukraine war has shocked the world, not only because of the war itself, but also because of those who have supported and cheered for it. Some societies united to stand alongside Ukraine, while others are divided...

Kriegsangst im post-sowjetischen Raum. Teil 1: Estland und Armenien und Berg-Karabach

Stefan Troebst In der internationalen Forschung zu Krieg und Frieden, zu Konfliktprävention und konstruktiver Konfliktbearbeitung, spielt Kriegsangst keine prominente Rolle. Und auch im relativ neuen Forschungsfeld der Gewaltmigration wird Fluchtverursachung durch militärische, paramilitärische und zivile Akteure, aber auch durch Medien, also das aktive Erzeugen von diffuser Kriegsangst bzw. konkreter Kriegsfurcht...