ZOiS Newsletter
November 2024
ZOiS Spotlight 22/2024
by Irina Busygina
Russia’s defence companies have become critical to the country’s wartime economy. Despite Russia’s partial decentralisation, this means tight control from Moscow through a combination of financial incentives and coercion.

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News
KonKoop In:Security Report Series/2
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine made decoupling from Russia’s energy system more urgent than ever. A new report gives insights into the steps Eastern European countries have taken and shows how ordinary citizens play a crucial role in energy security.

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Call for Applications
The Competence Network for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin (KIU), will open applications for PhD scholarships and positions for associated doctoral students in its new research programme focusing on the topics of 'Resilience, Restoration and Transformation' on 15 December 2024. 

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Focus
More than 1,000 days ago, on 24 Feburary 2022, Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our online dossier gathers relevant background information in addition to recent articles and assessments by ZOiS experts.

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Publications
Meet the Author
with Hans Gutbrod
How can societies remember difficult past events in a way that ‘forges a better peace in the future’? In ‘Ethics of Political Commemoration’ Hans Gutbrod and David Wood propose a new paradigm aimed at scholars and citizens alike. In our interview, Gutbrod draws on some examples from Ireland, Georgia and Armenia.

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ZOiS Spotlight 21/2024
by Tsypylma Darieva
Many eyes were trained on Azerbaijan, where over two weeks delegates discussed solutions to the climate crisis. For the authoritarian regime in Baku, the event was an opportunity to showcase the state’s recent achievements. Yet behind that glossy exterior, the population is struggling.

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Events
KIU Lecture Series| 11 December 2024, 1pm | European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Goodbye to Homo Sovieticus: Reviving the Heroic and Creative Spirit of the 1990s
with Mykhailo Minakov (Kennan Institute)
At the monthly KIU Brown Bag Lunch Lecture of the Competence Network for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin (KIU), the KIU research fellows present their work. Mykhailo Minakov’s lecture marks the start of the new event series. 

Please register by email: kiu-communications@europa-uni.de 

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You are welcome to find out about current events on our website: www.zois-berlin.de/en/events
 
 
Media
Article with assessments by Gwendolyn Sasse for Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (22/11/2024)
Radio report with assessments by Beate Eschment on Deutschlandfunk Kultur  (18/11/2024)
DW reporting on results of a ZOiS Report by Félix Krawatzek and Hakob Matevosyan (08/11/2024)
Article with assessments by Nadja Douglas in Tagesspiegel (04/11/2024)
 
Links to our media coverage on current topics can be found on our website ZOiS in the media.