The United States recently announced a series of Arctic policies, from the creation of a new Arctic ambassadorial position to the release of an updated Arctic strategy. Amid the alignment…
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) accepted hard realities and made significant changes with its release of the 2022 Strategic Concept. However,…
The war in Ukraine has upended daily life for ordinary Ukrainians, forcing many to choose between staying in their homeland and leaving the country for their own safety.
The Russian war against Ukraine has so far included only occasional and incidental cyberattacks. As Russia’s losses in the conventional war mount and the impact of sanctions and Western military…
Divergent historical interpretations play a key role in the ongoing war in Ukraine. As Russia pushes a narrative about the need to “de-nazify” its neighbor, it links the present-day government…
Russia’s armed invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, quickly ended all Arctic international cooperation. On March 3, the seven member states (A-7) of the Arctic Council…
Attention is concentrated on the risk that the war launched by Russia against Ukraine could escalate to a nuclear exchange. That risk exists but appears to be relatively low. There…
This article focuses on the politicization of the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine in terms of nation-building in a post-Soviet context. Drawing from recent developments in Ukraine since the annexation…
While Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has been unequivocally condemned by the West and even provoked discussions about active involvement in the war, Central Asian policymakers have reacted with the utmost…
Centering World War II as the foundational event defining Russian national identity, President Putin has tried to use the seventy-five-year-old conflict to recontextualize the invasion of Ukraine as a defensive…
