Russia, Post-Soviet Space & International Politics

‘A Decolonising Moment of Sorts’: The Baltic States’ Vicarious Identification with Ukraine and Related Domestic and Foreign Policy Developments Dovilė Budrytė,Georgia Gwinnett College, USA & Vilnius University, Lithuania
Constructive Role Ambiguity and How Russia Couldn’t ‘Get Away’ with Its 2022 Ukrainian Invasion Alexander Bendix,University of Edinburgh
Did Germany Contribute to Deterrence Failure against Russia in Early 2022? Jonas J. Driedger,Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Double Marginalisation of the Communist Party: Ukraine’s Decommunisation and the Russian-Backed Rebellion in Donbas Martin Laryš,Charles University
Looking for Stepan Bandera: The Myth of Ukrainian Nationalism and the Russian ‘Special Operation’ Maryna Shevtsova,University of Ljubljana
Military Defection During the Collapse of the Soviet Union Alexei Anisin,Anglo-American University
Revisiting the Causes of Russian Foreign Policy Changes: Western Recognition and Russia's Ontological Security-Seeking Tanya Narozhna,University of Winnipeg, Canada
Russian Private Military and Ukraine: Hybrid Surrogate Warfare and Russian State Policy by Other Means Emmet Foley,UCC Cork & Dublin City University Christian Kaunert,Dublin City University & University of South Wales
The Three Seas Initiative and Romania’s Grand Behaviour in the Black Sea Area: Change and Continuity Lucian Dumitrescu,The Romanian Academy, Romania