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Multimedia Zine
#30PostSovietYears | Phantom Pasts or Everyday Present?
in cooperation with Körber-Stiftung and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Russia
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The digital programme facilitated an online cross-border dialogue about these questions, closely linked to history and identity: Participants aged 18-24 from 13 countries captured with their cameras and microphones (in-)visible relics and exchanged on their meaning for the post-socialist generation.
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Vacancy
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div)
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ZOiS is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to conduct academic research on topics connected to the research cluster ‘Political Economy and Integration’, especially the ongoing project 'China, the EU and Policy Space for Development in Eastern Europe and Eurasia'. The position starts ideally on 1 February 2022.
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Podcast: Roundtable Osteuropa 23/2021
The Situation at the Belarus-EU Border: Part 1
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Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime has encouraged the arrival of refugees in Belarus and has facilitated their transport through the country to the EU border. Karolina Łukasiewicz from the University of Warsaw and ZOiS researcher Félix Krawatzek share their insights.
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Spotlight 42/2021
The Systemic Discrimination Facing Greece's Roma
by Christos Varvantakis
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The recent death of an 18-year-old Roma man in a police shooting in Athens has revived debates about structural racism against members of this ethnic group in Greece, where, as in other European countries, many Roma are trapped in a vicious circle of prejudice, poverty, criminality, and social exclusion.
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Meet the Author
"We have to look at transition as a broader type of crisis"
with Mitchell A. Orenstein
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In their book ‘Taking Stock of Shock’, Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein look at the outcome of 30 years of transition in post-communist countries. In light of the different experiences of this transition across Eastern Europe, they see a need for a narrative that encompasses both disaster and success.
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Spotlight 41/2021
Problems of International Peace Missions in Eurasia
by Nina Lutterjohann
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The United Nations, the European Union, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: international organisations are engaged in Eurasian crises in a variety of ways. Despite the longevity of the mandates, however, numerous conflicts have remained unresolved for years. What is missing from these missions?
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Spotlight 39/2021
Is Russia Becoming a Unitary State?
by Stanislav Klimovich
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A new draft law in Russia is intended to increase the regional governors’ subordinate position vis-à-vis the President. This will contribute to a further dismantling of the country’s federal structures and formally reinforce the status quo, with weak regional and strong central power.
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ZOiS Forum | #30PostSovietYears | 14 December 2021 | 6.30 pm | online
1991 Today: Memories of the Transition Period and its Aftermath
with Olga Malinova (Higher School of Economics Moscow), Oleg Lutohin (Yeltsin Centre), Félix Krawatzek (ZOiS) and Nina Frieß (ZOiS)
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The “wild 90s” have become a trope in Russian public and political discourse to discredit democracy. We will discuss insights from the various projects that the Yeltsin Centre has developed to try and shape the memory of that era, embed these in the wider political and public context and its shift over time, and will illuminate how the wider Russian society relates to that era.
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Panel Discussion| 25 November 2021 | 6 pm | online
Recovery, Risk and Resilience: Re-thinking the Future of EU-South Caucasus Relations
with Sonja Schiffers (Heinrich Böll Foundation), Maia Panjikidze (Caucasus University Tbilisi), Leila Alieva (Oxford School for Global and Area Studies), Shushanik Minasyan (University of Bonn), Stefan Meister (DGAP)
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2020 and 2021 have been turbulent and transformative years for the societies in the South Caucasus and for EU-South Caucasus relations. The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss whether the recent “resilience turn” in EU foreign policy is the right response to the aggravated challenges, and how we could understand the practical application of this new policy concept.
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24 November 2021
In an Interview with Radio Svaboda / RFERL, Félix Krawatzek answers questions about a 2021 ZOiS survey among Belarusians and presents some findings (Belarusian).
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18 November 2021
On Radio Canada, Félix Krawatzek analyses the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border (French).
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18 November 2021
For Carnegie Europe, Gwendolyn Sasse and other experts comment on the relationship between Europe and Russia (English).
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13 November 2021
CBC News interviewed Félix Krawatzek about the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border (English).
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10 November 2021
In the Canadian CBC broadcast “The Current”, Félix Krawatzek talks about the migration crisis at the Belarus- Poland border and the consequences this has for the EU, Belarus and Russia (English).
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