Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

A survey of Ukrainian refugees in Poland shows that many are struggling with the question of whether and when they should return home. The impossibility of knowing how long the war will last or whether Ukraine will succeed in regaining the occupied territories plays a major role in this uncertainty.

A new ZOiS Report analyses the various effects of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the Arctic region. The authors also assess how a baseline of coordination with Russia on the vital issues of security and climate change could be re-established for the sake of the common good.

Many Georgians have a positive view of the EU and its values. The current protests against a new law inspired by Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ legislation are a case in point. A ZOiS study shows that Georgian migrants in Western countries influence values in their country of origin.

International Children’s Book Day has been celebrated annually on 2 April with readings, exhibitions and fun activities for children and teens since 1967. In some countries, however, there is little cause for celebration. In Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, children’s literature is in a precarious state, for a variety of reasons.

Ukraine is faced with a substantial and complex challenge .In this episode, we explore how the processes of rebuilding Ukraine and EU accession are connected.

It has been two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Our focus gathers relevant information in the form of videos, podcasts, publications and assessments of our experts in the media.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of aggression that we condemn in the strongest possible terms. Against this background, we have decided to suspend all institutional cooperations between ZOiS and Russian state institutions. However, in the spirit of academic freedom, the academic partnerships our researchers have established with individual researchers in Russia will continue, as far as this is possible.