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Spotlight 14/2022
Putin in Court?
by Florian Jeßberger
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By now there seems to be little doubt that Russian troops have committed crimes under international law in the war in Ukraine. What legal actions can be taken to hold the perpetrators – first and foremost the Russian president – to account and what are their chances of success?
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Support for Ukrainian journalists at risk
Journalist-in-Residence-Program
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As part of its Journalist-in-residence program, ZOiS and the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) offer a stipend of up to three months for a journalist from Ukraine. The selected journalist will have the opportunity to continue the journalistic work at the WZB and to exchange regularly with researchers of both institutes.
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Statement
On the ban on international institutions in Russia
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On 8 April, Russia’s Ministry of Justice has revoked the licenses of a long list of organisations, among them partners of ZOiS. This decision further shrinks the space for political analysis, discussions about human rights and democratic values, and cooperation with Western partners.
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Spotlight 16/2022
Literature in War
by Nina Frieß
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Yevgenia Belorusets, Serhiy Zhadan, Andrey Kurkov: For many Ukrainian authors, writing literature has become impossible since the Russian invasion. Ukrainian literature organisations have called for a global boycott of Russian books. Russia’s literary scene is divided, however.
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Spotlight 15/2022
Russia's Wars: Ukraine and Chechnya Compared
by James Hughes
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Vladimir Putin's rise to become Russia's most powerful leader began with the Second Chechen War in the 2000s. So far, Russian military strategy in Ukraine has largely followed the script of the Russian-Chechen conflict, and the crucial question is whether it will prove successful on this much larger scale.
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Spotlight 13/2022
Russian State Patriotism and Putin's Invasion of Ukraine
by Jussi Lassila
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Young people in Russia vacillate between apolitical conformism and Western-oriented individualism. Although patriotic education has a long tradition, critical attitudes towards its military dimension are increasing and a large-scale mobilisation in favour of the war in Ukraine seems unlikely.
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Lecture series | 28 April 2022 - 07 July 2022 | 5.30 pm | online
Ukraine: What Social Science Research Tells/Told Us
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The online lecture series, organised in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is timed to coincide with the academic summer semester in Germany, but is open to all. It brings together social scientists, among them many scholars from Ukraine, who will address aspects of the war but also long-term political and societal trends.
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ZOiS Research Colloquium | 11 May 2022 | 06.00 - 07.30 pm | ZOiS, Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
Pre-emption and Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments and Leadership Change in the Post-Soviet Space
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Threats to hegemonic rule create the context for constitutional change. In an article co-authored with Ben Noble and Paul Fisher, Anna Fruhstorfer discusses the role of constitutional politics in the context of elite conflicts, anticipated power changes in post-Soviet regimes, and the ways in which they are instrumentalised.
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In Conversation with... | 13 May 2022 | 12.30 - 01.30 pm | online
"Victory Day" and Pro-War Mobilisation Among Russian-speaking Communities
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Victory Day celebrations on 9 May are a central component of Russian memory politics. With experts on Russian migration and memory politics, we discuss this year’s mobilisation and how it ties in with the Kremlin’s use of history before and during the ongoing war against Ukraine.
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ZOiS Forum (German) | 18 May 2022 | 06.30 - 08.00 pm | ZOiS, Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
When History is Rewritten: Focus on Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a historical rhetoric replete with references to World War II. But even before February 2022, one could observe how historical narratives were being radically rewritten in many countries of the former Soviet Union.
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25 April 2022
For CTV News, Félix Krawatzek comments on the attitudes of young people in Russia and Ukraine toward the war (English).
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21 April 2022
Tatiana Zhurzhenko sheds light on what Russia's war against Ukraine means for Europe on voxeurop (German/English/French).
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15 April 2022
John O'Loughlin, Gerard Toal and Gwendolyn Sasse present poll results from the Donbass for the Washington Post (English).
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9 April 2022
Deutsche Welle quotes Gwendolyn Sasse on the pro-Russian protests in Germany (Russian).
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7 April 2022
Based on assessments by Beate Eschment, Die Presse looks at the position of the Central Asian states on the Russia-Ukraine war (German).
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1 April 2022
The Protestant magazine zeitzeichen publishes a text by Regina Elsner on the involvement of Russian Orthodoxy in the war over Ukraine (German).
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Links to more media coverage on current topics can be found on our website ZOiS in the Media.
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