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ZOiS Spotlight 37/2021
Societal Fragmentation in Belarus
by Félix Krawatzek
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A new ZOiS survey of the Belarusian population shows that support for the Lukashenka regime has increased slightly compared to December 2020. At the same time, the desire for greater independence from Russia is growing in the context of ever-closer economic and political ties between the two countries.
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Winter Semester 2021/2022
ZOiS Research Colloquium
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Organised in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), the colloquium takes place every second Wednesday of the month during the semester and serves as a forum for discussion of work in progress by PhD students, postdocs and established researchers working in the social sciences on topics connected to Eastern Europe. The aim is to establish a permanent meeting point in the Berlin-Brandenburg area for those engaged in research on Eastern Europe.
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Spotlight 38/2021
Eastern Europe's Gig Economy Goes On Strike
by Miglė Bareikytė
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The job market for contract workers employed by online platforms is growing, and so too is awareness of their precarious status. In Russia, workers in the gig economy are organising to campaign for better working conditions, but there are many obstacles to overcome.
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ZOiS Spotlight 36/2021
FC Sheriff Tiraspol in the Champions League: Football Diplomacy or Business Model?
by Sabine von Löwis
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Transnistrian football club Sheriff Tiraspol was a largely unknown quantity until recently. It has now reached the UEFA Champions League, making it the first club from a de facto state to play at international level. Its sponsor is the influential – and controversial – Sheriff corporation from Transnistria.
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ZOiS Forum online | 24 November 2021 | 6.30 pm
Post-Soviet Economic (Dis)-Integration: Dynamics and Consequences for Russia's Role as a Regional Power
with Alexander Libman (Freie Universität Berlin), Johannes F. Linn (Brookings Institution), and Julia Langbein (ZOiS)
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From the mid-1980s, the highly integrated Soviet economic space started to dissolve. We will discuss the dynamics of post-Soviet economic (dis-)integration and its consequences for Russia's significance as a regional power vis-à-vis other external players like China and the EU.
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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 Tanja A. Börzel (FU Berlin), Maia Panjikidze (Caucasus University Tbilisi), Leila Alieva (Oxford School for Global and Area Studies (OSGA)), 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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26 October 2021
In a Frontal21 report on refugees between the border of Belarus and Poland ZOiS director Gwendolyn Sasse gives a brief assessment of the motivations of Lukashenka's policy. (German)
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25 October 2021
Radio Free Europe quotes Sabine von Löwis in its analysis of Sheriff, the corporation behind FC Sheriff Tiraspol (English).
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23 October 2021
Deutsche Welle reports on the presidential election in Uzbekistan. With assessments by Beate Eschment (Russian).
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21 October 2021
The online magazine t-online analyses the worsened pandemic situation in Eastern Europe, quoting Félix Krawatzek (German).
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