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Authoritarians actively threaten, intimidate, and murder exiles and opponents wherever they find them. While justice for victims is hard won, it is possible. Here is how democracies can push back.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatens to remove relay stations in the country used by Russia unless Minsk acts within a week

Britain’s most popular living painter has maintained an unfashionable commitment to optical delight

В фильме «Господин Никто против Путина», основанном на съемках уроков «патриотического воспитания» в провинциальной школе, показана картина милитаризации российского образования при кажущемся равнодуш...

In an era when artificial intelligence and chatbots make it enticing to interface with an entirely digital field site, immersive ethnographic practices and an ethnographic sensibility remain indispens...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by the State Security Co...

«Мы снимаем санкции, освобождаем заключенных. Мы постоянно говорим друг с другом».

In Bound by Exclusion and Violence: A History of Belarusian Armed Struggle in the Twentieth Century (published by University of Toronto Press, 2025) Aleksandra Pomiecko follows a group of Belarusian n...

With few ships and limited intelligence-sharing, some say the country cannot hope to protect itself or its infrastructure

UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

The Use of ‘So-called’ as a Propaganda Device in China

Russian Propaganda from V to Z: Projecting Banal and Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times

Woman living in northwest of Ireland handled money linked to Russian network

In a personal essay, Olga Burlyuk explains how following and participating in debates on Russia's war against Ukraine is painful not only in an...

Russia’s quiet land policies could determine the fate of peace in Ukraine—and beyond.

Authoritarian governments rely on digital transnational repression to silence criticism and dissent outside their territories. Women human rights defenders and journalists in exile and in the diasp...

This article discusses the politicisation of everyday life in post-2020 Belarus following the suppression of the anti-authoritarian protests. Drawing on visual analysis, it shows that different for...

This article explores the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the mass protests in Belarus following the presidential elections there in August 2020. We argue that CSOs which had existed ...

In Serbia and Georgia, recent mass mobilisations have unfolded beyond traditional opposition parties and civil society organisations. These self-organised, grassroots movements challenge existing…

Over the past decade, there has been increased awareness and discourse around the inequalities which structure North–South academic collaboration. The purpose of this discussion is to look at the o...

[FREE TO READ] The future of the post-1945 security order hangs in the balance

Recent reports from both US and Russian media following the Riyadh negotiations suggest that the two powers have agreed on a sequenced settlement for Ukraine: first, a ceasefire; second, elections in ...

The tiny former Soviet republic’s determination not to be cowed by the Kremlin could provide a template for the west on how to hold back the tide of subversion and corruption

This unique volume brings together academics of Russian journalism and media with journalists and editors who reported or continue to report on the country, to explore and reflect on the changing land...