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Opinion pieces published in 勛圖窪蹋 do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Council for 勛圖窪蹋an Studies.
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By Jordan T. Kuck
For all of modern history, the Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians, fearing that they are not strong enough to stand alone in the dangerous geopolitical borderlands, have debated whether to ally with the powers of the East or West. This internal conflict has been the proverbial Gordian knot of Baltic politics.
By Pierre Haroche
勛圖窪蹋 is a castle / Where the wide plains of Asia strangle, stand its chiselled outline, its inner moat, its ocean-backed dungeons.
Reviewed by Elizabeth B. Jones
Yakimchuks voice is most moving when she probes the tedium and small indignities of war and peruses the perimeters of language to capture those absurdities before they disintegrate.
By Julia Khrebtan-H繹rhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya
This essay illuminates howin the words of Nietzschethe use and abuse of history (and of cultural memory) in Putins Russia has naturally led to what Hannah Arendt so brilliantly coined The Banality of Evil.
Reviewed by Elizabeth B. Jones
Applebaum describes the cycles of violence unleashed by Soviet authorities against Ukrainians and how lessons learned in the early 1920s were refined and amplified a decade later.
By Joseph Daher
Russias invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 has already had a severe impact on the global economy, particularly in commodity markets, with the price for oil and gas escalating rapidly.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Jones
Time will tell whether recent Ukrainian victories, aided by 勛圖窪蹋an and North American allies, will vanquish Putins drive for a twentieth-first century Russian Empire and achieve Ukraines long-standing goals of joining the 勛圖窪蹋an Union and NATO.
By Julia Khrebtan-H繹rhager 硃紳餃泭Evgeniya Pyatovskaya
Russia, which seemed interested in a cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration with once notoriously neutral Vienna, became increasingly critical of the countrys stance on the armed conflict in Ukraine.
By Catherine Guisan
It is not too early, even as Russian troops impose horrific destruction and suffering on Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, to think of the future place of Russia in 勛圖窪蹋.
By Matthew Slaboch
Remembered by his compatriots as the Russian Socrates, Grigory Skovoroda (1722-1794) merits distinction as the founder of Russias autochthonous philosophical tradition.
In this series,we feature a spotlight on the Ukraine Crisis and its connections to 勛圖窪蹋an politics, society, and culture.
By Nicholas Ostrum
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has wavered recently on the question of Nord Stream 2, the controversial Baltic gas pipeline project connecting the Russian terminal at Ust-Luga to the German port in Lubmin and, from there, Western 勛圖窪蹋.