Seen from the “West” – What Went Wrong with Ukraine?
It is still difficult to shake off the disbelief: Putin is waging a brutal war in Ukraine. To the west of Ukraine, we are following […]
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On New Martial Masculinities for Russia and Ukraine
Like the other contributors to this blog over the past week and many other regional experts from around the world, as a historian of the […]
Somebody Else’s Job: Interrogating the ‘Irrationality’ of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As a political scientist, I am often asked what makes Russian President Vladimir Putin tick. Although Russian politics should never be reduced to the mind […]
My Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost
I first went to Ukraine in March 2003 to visit my mother’s hometown of Buczacz, now known as Buchach, and to undertake preliminary research in […]
On Ukraine, Putin, and the Realities and Rhetoric of War
After I wrote the blog post below, I realized that while it reflected some of my thinking as a historian, it was in no way […]
