War becomes the twin of communication: the development of media has not only changed how warfare is reported, but also …
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Eurozine
Cultural Journal/Kulturní časopis / Network of European cultural journals, linking up more than 90 partner journals and associated magazines and institutions from nearly all European countries./Sdružuje na 90 spřátelených časopisů napříč Evropou, jejichž články publikuje v angličtině. Redakce časopisu má sídlo ve Vídni.
The justice train from Bucha
The egregious crimes against Ukraine’s civilian population might just be too much for the International Criminal Court to handle. Not …
Are the Russian people Putin’s victims or collaborators in crime?
Lacking a positive national identity, Russians continue to be governed by a dangerous imperial mindset that betrays both subservience and …
No limits? China, Russia and Ukraine
China’s failure to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine seems to have confirmed the two autocracies’ friendship with no limits. But …
Flags of survival
The Ukrainians trapped underground in besieged Mariupol steel works were instructed to wave white flags. They face a warring nation …
Ukraine: A battleground for Europe’s future
For Ukrainians, this uneven battle is about the survival of their nation. However, it is also about the future of …
Of fish and people
Belarusian and Ukrainian intellectuals have been applying postcolonial theory to Russia since the 1990s. But they have largely been ignored …
Conflict, commitment and fear
War polarizes debate. And the sympathies of post-Soviet migrants living in Central Europe have come under extra scrutiny since war …
Real refugees, fake refugees
After pushing back Middle Eastern refugees into the forests on its northern border with Belarus, Poland is now welcoming an …
Cancel culture vs. execute culture
Why Russian manuscripts don’t burn, but Ukrainian manuscripts burn all too well Rather than debating what to do with Russian …
You can’t lose democratic elections if they don’t exist
It would have taken a miracle for Viktor Orbán to lose the election. Hungary is a fortified kleptocracy where the …
Preparing for the good times to be over
A month into Russia’s invasion, is the EU ready for the challenge? Russia’s war on Ukraine is clearly an attack …
Příprava na konec dobrých časů
Je EU po měsíci ruské invaze připravena na výzvu? Ruská válka na Ukrajině je zjevně útokem na celou Evropu, ale …
Nobody knows what Russians want. Not even Russians themselves.
Can a kleptocracy have national interests? Russia has no national interests, not even in Ukraine. Russians are denied subjectivity, the …
Europe 1948/2022
Europe is facing a vast humanitarian crisis. This time, there is a good chance that governments will rise to the …
Russia’s war
When war becomes a reality, time is of the essence. Slow political responses raise questions about underlying reasons for reluctance. …
Not about NATO
It was only after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 that NATO broke off cooperation with Russia. Until then, Ukrainians …
German Ostpolitik in the shadow of Russia’s imperial revenge
The strange tragedy of Angela Merkel’s Ostpolitik in 2005–2021 was that the highly intelligent and committed chancellor showed herself incapable …
Life as death
How Afghan refugees aren’t offered real solutions More than half a million Afghans were displaced in 2021, adding to many …
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