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Between reconciliation and peace making and brutalization: The Israeli case

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue S1, December 2026.
Abstract This article examines the relationship between peacemaking, reconciliation, and brutalization in violent conflicts. It argues that these processes are deeply interconnected: effective peacemaking and reconciliation can interrupt or reverse brutalization, whereas unsuccessful or incomplete peacemaking may allow brutalization to persist, deepen,
Daniel Bar‐Tal
wiley   +1 more source

Russia's Wartime Economy: Measuring Regional Inequalities From Outer Space

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 66, Issue 5, Page 1677-1698, November 2026.
ABSTRACT We study Russia's February 2022 full‐scale invasion of Ukraine as a natural experiment to determine how sudden disruptions to international market access reshape sub‐national economic inequalities. Using remotely‐sensed nighttime lights as a proxy for economic activity, we estimate the economic effects of the war at the national and regional ...
Irakli Barbakadze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political violence in russia of putin. what happened to political opponents of vladimir putin? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, has formed a petrostate, based on the wealth of oil, while strengthening a new bureaucracy and a new industrial economy.
Boersner Herrera, Adriana M.
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1606-1620, October 2026.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

The ‘State Patriotic Turn’: State Ideology and History According to the Russian Military Historical Society, 2022–2024

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 1008-1018, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The Russian Military Historical Society (RMHS) was founded in 2012 on President Vladimir Putin's orders. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the society's members have not only published propaganda to support the ‘special military operation’ but have discussed the need for a proper ‘state ideology’.
Kati Parppei
wiley   +1 more source

Political Fictionality: Vladislav Surkov and the Rise of the Authorial State

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 4, Page 495-512, October 2026.
Abstract This article introduces the concept of political fictionality as a theoretical framework for analyzing the convergence of literary authorship and political power in Russia during the Putin era, using Vladislav Surkov—a longtime presidential advisor and ideologue as well as fiction writer under the pseudonym Natan Dubovitskii—as its principal ...
Ekaterina Vassilieva
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Russian Intervention in Post-Soviet Secessionist Conflict in the South Caucasus on Russian Geo-energy Interests

open access: yesInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2017
The dismemberment of the Soviet Union prompted a very unstable decade of decline for Russia, and generated numerous conflicts in the post-Soviet space.
José A. Peña-Ramos
doaj   +3 more sources

Attitudes Towards Russia and President Vladimir Putin and the Willingness to Help Ukrainian Refugees Among Americans

open access: yesSocial Sciences
The relatively recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused the displacement of millions of Ukrainians. Studies have found that Ukrainians have seen a warmer welcome and embrace than other groups; they have also shown that there is generally a higher ...
Elvis Williams, Elvis Nshom
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualizing moral migration: how disillusionment and the transnational right motivate migration to Russia Conceptualiser la migration morale : comment les désillusions et la droite transnationale motivent l’émigration vers la Russie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 888-906, September 2026.
Russia is consistently a top migration destination. While most migrate to Russia from other post‐Soviet countries, a small but highly visible group of the Russian‐speaking diaspora has returned from Europe and North America. Lauded in Russian media as ‘ideological migrants’, their narratives at first glance echo those of the state as they claim to flee
Lauren Woodard
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Russia–Ukraine War in Maritime Data

open access: yesThe World Economy, Volume 49, Issue 9, Page 1907-1923, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyses weekly port calls from 2019 to 2026 to evaluate the Russia–Ukraine war's impact on maritime trade. The data reveals clear structural shifts that Ukrainian traffic moved from high‐risk areas like Odesa to safer Danube River ports.
Daiki Sera, Kenmei Tsubota, Yujiro Wada
wiley   +1 more source

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