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Spotlight 1/2022
The Future of European Security - What Does Russia Want?
by Stefan Meister
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With its build-up of troops at the border with Ukraine, Moscow is testing the unity between the US and Europe. The revival of the NATO-Russia Council and the upgrading of the OSCE talks are important steps towards a more multilateral approach to European security and closer coordination between the partners.
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swissinfo.ch
"Putin has forced this crisis diplomacy upon the West"
by Gwendolyn Sasse
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For swissinfo, Gwendolyn Sasse analyses the significance of the talks between the USA and Russia on Ukraine. The talks in Geneva are a victory for Vladimir Putin, who has imposed his agenda on the West while the EU is marginalised, she says.
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BMBF funding approval
ZOiS to Coordinate Network for Conflict Research with Funding in Excess of €3 Million
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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the research network "Cooperation and Conflict in Eastern Europe: The Consequences of the Reconfiguration of Political, Economic, and Social Spaces since the End of the Cold War" (KonKoop). KonKoop is led by Gwendolyn Sasse, Sabine von Löwis, and Julia Langbein.
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External funding
€1.5 Million ERC Starting Grant for Project about Intergenerational Transmission of Memories by Félix Krawatzek
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ZOiS researcher Félix Krawatzek has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his research proposal “Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home” (MoveMeRU).
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Spotlight 3/2022
Youth Citizenship in Russia: Between Patriotism and Informal Commitment
by Nadya Nartova
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For the Russian state, youth citizenship is primarily about patriotism and loyalty. Hence, civic activity has become vastly controlled in recent years. Young people who are critical of the state-imposed model of patriotism need to implement their own ideas about citizenship outside the formal political field.
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Spotlight 2/2022
Post-Punk in Belarus and Russia: Lyrical Criticism of the Political System or Post-Soviet Nihilism?
by Aleksej Tikhonov
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Post-punk first emerged in the (post-)Soviet space in the 1980s and was originally an apolitical, nihilistic musical genre. Today, however, fans are increasingly discovering political references in the lyrics. Is post-punk becoming more political, and if so, what does this mean for musicians living in authoritarian states?
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ZOiS Forum | 22 February 2022 | 6:30 pm | online
Caring and Solidarity - New Engine for Protests in Authoritarian Regimes?
with Iga Shparaga (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), Sergey Medvedev (Dekabristen e.V.), and Regina Elsner (ZOiS)
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The protests in Belarus after the 2020 presidential elections were marked by solidarity and concern for fellow citizens. Have the ideas of the protests against the authoritarian regimes in Belarus and Russia changed? How does this manifest itself in new forms of protest and how does it influence societies?
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27 January 2022
For Carnegie Europe's Strategic Europe blog, Gwendolyn Sasse is among the experts to answer the question: "Is Germany damaging Europe's position on Ukraine?" (English).
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24 January 2022
The tagesspiegel quotes Gwendolyn Sasse on attitudes of Ukrainian society towards the Ukraine-Russia conflict (German).
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13 January 2022
In an interview for Domradio, Regina Elsner speaks about the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in protest situations such as in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine (German).
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8 January 2022
In an interview with Deutschlandfunk, Nina Frieß talks about the spirit of optimism in the cultural scene in Kazakhstan (German).
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7 January 2022
Beate Eschment’s analyses of the power balance in Kazakhstan and former president Nazarbayev’s role feature in a Tagesschau report (German).
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6 January 2022
In an interview with rbb Inforadio, Beate Eschment describes the background of the protests in Kazakhstan (German).
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