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NEWS & OVERVIEW

NEWS & OVERVIEW

Updated September 29, 2022

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News

Referendum as Violence and Humiliation in Southeastern Ukraine

IN UKRAINIAN: It's time to step into reality with two feet

8 things to know about the environmental impact of ‘unprecedented’ Nord Stream leaks

Europe’s Disastrous Ban on Russians

The Nature of Russian Patriotism

Why is Russia sending oil and gas workers to fight in Ukraine? It may signal more energy cutoffs ahead

What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine

Editorial: Stop using Russia’s propaganda language to talk about its war in Ukraine

Russia plans to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine – an Eastern European expert explains 3 key things to know about the regions at stake

Petitioning war: How Russians speak up collectively about the invasion of Ukraine

IN RUSSIAN: Sabina comes to the rescue

The New Russian Revolution Is at Hand

Press review: Who benefits from the Nord Stream blast and what follows the referendums

People under Russian occupation cut off from internet, mobile connection

Why don’t Russians march on Moscow?

“Development under this system is impossible”: Natalya Zubarevich on the crisis emerging in Russia’s regions

What Russian soldiers who have already fought in Ukraine think about Putin's mobilization effort

How the War in Ukraine Might End

War and peace: imagining a way from one to the other in Ukraine

“Is There A Future For Russian Independent Media?”

What a Cold War crisis over Taiwan could tell us about China-Russia relations today

Putin Can Afford at Least Two More Years of War

Top Russian senator comments on consequences for those who left during mobilization

'Fighting in the war against Ukraine is a crime' Philosopher Arseny Kumankov on why Russians have a moral duty to evade the draft

Russia’s Clueless New Oligarchs

Overview

How Taiwan Views the China Problem

Studying Russia: An Overview of the Main Textbooks

Russia’s harsh purge against alleged ‘Nazis’ in occupied Ukraine follows Soviet playbook for rooting out real Nazis from Germany after WWII

Old World Order

Timeline: U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control 1949 - 2021

The West's Dangerously Simple-Minded Narrative About Russia and China

Russia-Ukraine conflict: What changed over the summer

The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa

Putin’s Brain

Ukraine's victories from Kyivan Rus to 2022 Battle of Kyiv

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Ukraine Quarterly Digest: April–June 2022

The seeds of the split: How the Russian-speaking Donbass first attempted to win independence from Ukraine in 2004

‘We won’t be destroyed. And we won’t be silenced’ A guide to the most important anti-war initiatives in Russia and abroad

Russian propaganda overturning the historical experience of overcoming Nazism

When Vladimir Took Kyiv and the Misuse of History

What a 1904 War Can Teach Vladimir Putin

Medieval Geopolitics Help Explain Modern Russia and Ukraine

The Three Ages of Zelensky’s Presidency

The 11-Minute Harvard Speech That Rebuilt Postwar Europe

The Truth About Ukrainian Nationalism and Claims It's Tainted by Nazism

On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians

The cultural roots of “ruscism”

Understand Ukraine's History and Identity With These Must-read Books

VIDEOS

Pacifists are outlaws: How the Opposition Lives in Russia
TV Rain Newsroom // YouTube

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: An Update
Wilson Center // YouTube

SMART TAKE: The IAEA Visits the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant In Ukraine
Wilson Center // YouTube

The War in Ukraine: Repercussions across the Middle East and Asia
Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center // YouTube

Ripples of War | Six Months Since Russia’s Invasion into Ukraine
Wilson Center // YouTube

Smart Take: The Transatlantic Coalition’s Response to Russia’s War
Wilson Center // YouTube

Diplomatic Talks with Putin To End The War With Ukraine
Louis Carter (Newsweek Leader Show) // YouTube

What's the future of the International Space Station? | Inside Story
Al Jazeera // YouTube

A New Security Architecture: A Conversation with Baroness Catherine Ashton and Robert Litwak
Wilson Center // YouTube

Should the U.S. Be Sending Weapons to Ukraine? Scott Horton vs. Cathy Young at the Soho Forum
Reason // YouTube

The Politics of Protest and Mobilization in Russia
PONARS Eurasia // YouTube

Where Is Russia Heading? A Discussion with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Anatol Lieven, Marlene Laruelle
ACURA // YouTube

The war in Ukraine and its implications for our nuclear future
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists // YouTube

ARTS

"Ukrainian Diary" by Boris Mikhailov is a large-scale retrospective of the famous photographer. His photographs are one of the best ways to understand Ukraine in recent decades.