Last week the Guardian published an open letter from some of the UK’s foremost Russia-excusers, attacking Fiona Hill and accusing the defence review she copiloted of “warmongering“ for recommending preparations to defend against Russia. Today, a reply. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reminder: the deadline for the 2025 Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine is Thursday June 26! Open to scholars and graduate students, with book panels and film screenings. Displaying the resilience of Ukrainians and Ukrainian studies! www.danyliwseminar.com/call-for-pro...

Mon passage à 2460 (RDI, Radio-Canada) hier soir, au lendemain de cette attaque invraisemblable des services de sécurité ukrainiens sur la flotte de bombardiers russes. ici.radio-canada.ca/rdi/24-60/si...

The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine -- the most exciting academic gathering in Ukrainian studies, will be back on 25-27 September! Call for Proposals (26 June deadline). Open to doctoral students, scholars, films, book panels. International. www.danyliwseminar.com/call-for-pro...

The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine -- the most exciting academic gathering in Ukrainian studies, will be back on 25-27 September! Call for Proposals (26 June deadline). Open to doctoral students, scholars, films, book panels. International. www.danyliwseminar.com/call-for-pro...

Les Ukrainiens font la guerre en mettant des canons français sur des barges flottantes en pleine mer, en tuant des haut-gradés russe en plein Moscou avec des trottinettes piégés et en détruisant 34% de la flotte de bombardiers stratégiques russes avec des drones planqués dans le toit de camions.

Yes.

Johann Chapoutot, Les Irresponsables, Gallimard, 2025.

Réplique à Yves Gingras. « Contre ce qui menace les conditions mêmes de l’exercice de l’art et de la science, la neutralité n’existe plus » www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

we shouldn't be altering our behaviour as democratic citizens. I expect freedom of speech and the rule of law and won't adjust to creeping US autocratization by self-censoring. We should be exposing and confronting autocratization in whichever form we encounter it.

This is bonkers, of course, but the point on threat to Europe does deserve clarification. Every time I present my book on Russia's centuries-long obsession with controlling Ukraine, there would be someone in the audience, often a Balt or a Pole, who would ask: So it is just about Ukraine only, then?

Some thoughts from Brussels. Europe is awoken and believes America is all but gone. As such huge efforts on defense funding from EU, Germany, and others. This is real. BUT... Europe is still not reckoning yet with its major structural security problem: No one does European defense. 1/

Contente d'avoir pu participer depuis Kyiv à l'émission de @cdanslair de ce soir consacrée aux conséquences de la décision de Washington de stopper l'envoi d aide militaire à l'Ukraine Emission à retrouver ici 🔗👇 www.france.tv/france-5/c-d...

The US is starting to resemble the Global South where majorities recognize Pu's russia as the aggressor, hate Putin, and support Ukraine but their governments play geopolitical games that make them minimize or ignore Russia's illegal war. Don't be fooled, the world knows Russia is the aggressor.

Watch for a major rally around the president and leaders in Ukraine. I may need write a book called “the Trump Vance Effect” …

With @darelasn.bsky.social we discussed what we've all learned in 3 yrs of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and where things are headed. Thanks to @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social for organizing and hosting! You can check out the video on their YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@UkraineSoli...

“Ce qui est nouveau et dramatique est l'alignement idéologique de l'Amerique de Trump avec la Russie contre les valeurs démocratiques occidentales”. Notre billet, Katia et moi, en ce 3e anniversaire de cette terrible guerre. (Bon, mon prénom est Dominique...) www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

Great to see our data making the rounds edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...

The question of sending European troops to Ukraine is the only one that really matters today. It is the only guarantee that can credibly prevent a new 🇷🇺 aggression in the future and firmly anchor 🇺🇦 to 🇪🇺.

Every single word in this thread by Stathis is true.

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

Les bons réflexes face à l’actualité de la guerre russe contre l’Ukraine. J’enfonce sans doute des portes ouvertes, mais depuis 2022, les commentaires sur la guerre ont dérivé tant de fois qu’il vaut mieux répéter les évidences. 1/8

1. Ne pas enlever à l’Ukraine sa subjectivité. En parler comme d’un objet de négociations, ce n’est pas adopter une lecture réaliste: c’est adhérer à la vision russe d’une Ukraine qui ne compte pas parce qu’elle n’existe pas. Qui n'est qu'un corps géographique qui peut être démembré. 2/8

Under the extreme conditions of war, Ukrainian cinematic creativity is at its highest. It's rare for ANY documentary to be selected in the official competition of a major world festival.

Bienvenue à mon collègue @olivferrando.bsky.social sous ce ciel bleu. Olivier Ferrando est chercheur en science politique, spécialiste de l'Asie centrale, ancien directeur de l'Institut français d'études sur l'Asie centrale. Bouquin récent ⏬

While Trump threatens to invade Canada and his MAGA movement bullies and harasses Canadians and other US allies, Canadians are busy saving USians from burning alive. Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire

When fascism became a dominant political force across much of the West in the 1930s, it was a populist movement but also popular, enjoying support from all major sectors of society. The (first of many) horror(s) for those who opposed it was watching their friends and neighbors succumb to its poison.

I knew that Audrey Hepburn was gorgeous and talented but didn’t know she was also brave and principled. What a woman! ❤️

Je seconde. Super intéressant.

“It is precisely the consequences of the west’s self-deterrence for fear of Russian nuclear escalation in Ukraine, personified by Scholz and skilfully exploited by Putin, that are increasing the likelihood of nuclear proliferation and therefore the long-term risk of nuclear war.” bit.ly/3ZQeB5a

I know Dtek is owned by Rinat Akhmetov, #Ukraine’s richest man and an oligarch of nefarious influence. I know they should have invested in cleaner technology years ago. But still: credit where it’s damn well due. My latest report www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

For Lieven: --the US must be “respectful” of “Ukraine's vital interests”, but “take into account” Russia's vital interests. --Ukrainian constitutional amendments “guaranteeing” the rights of Russian-speakers, but no mention of Ukrainian-speakers in occupied territories bit.ly/4gEhhte

For the "respectable" Serbian daily Politika, the "Syrian scenario" means "coming to power without elections." This is not exactly how the rest of the world read the overthrow of a dictator who never won elections (his "elections" were as democratic as in East Germany )

En 4 paragraphes, Stéphane -- un des rares correspondents étrangers permanents en Ukraine -- lève le voile sur une dynamique cruciale, et relativement cachée, de la guerre. Comme dans tous les secteurs, la pression vient d'en bas.

A historic moment in Ukrainian studies! Congratulations tp our German colleagues for launching such an impressive doctoral program.

Mr Al-Hamada appears in the devastating French documentary Les âmes perdues (The Lost Souls of Syria). We discussed the film in my Political Violence class just ten days ago. He had made such an impression. And then this crushing news. Assad regime brutality and Western/Dutch indifference.

🎓 Calling all #graduatestudents! Apply to #ASN to present your work and compete for Convention Prizes! 🎉 Advisors, this is a great opportunity for your students to showcase their research and grow. Encourage them to apply! 🗓 Deadline: 12/12 #ApplyNow www.asnconvention.com

The proposal deadline for the ASN 2025 World Convention is only three days away (December 12)! The largest annual academic event on Ukraine, Russia, the Balkans, Central Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey/Greece, Nationalism Studies, Migration, Populism. www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...

Syrie: des images historiques. Les Syriens continuent d'être extraits de la tristement célèbre prison de Saydnaya d'#Assad, chaque couche souterraine étant progressivement accessible avec le temps.

Pourquoi Poutine voudrait-il la paix? Paul Gogo, correspondent français à Moscou pour un journal belge: “Le plus gros obstacle à l'arrêt du conflit est l'économie. Celle-ci, fragilisée par les sanctions, repose désormais autant sur le cours du pétrole que sur l'activité militaire”. bit.ly/3OyYDHu

The most chilling part of the eye-opening interview with former Ukraine foreign minister Kuleba: if Russia attacks a Baltic state, NATO could push it back, but the heavy fighting would raze cities to the ground (Bakhmut, Avdiivka etc.). The non-nuclear Article 5. www.ft.com/content/6137...

For those in Montreal, the Chair of Ukrainian Studies is sponsoring the Canadian premiere of Oksana Karpovych's Intercepted tonight! Get your tickets : ridm.ca/en/films/int... @darelasn.bsky.social

On Putin's latest nuclear blackmail. He called the invasion of Ukraine “self-defence,” evoking an “existential threat” from NATO via Ukraine. He is now talking about a lower-level “critical” threat in this new doctrine. So Russia is no longer under existential threat? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...

Vladimir Putin and the Russian ministry of defense are very grateful to whoever in the White House is removing the invaluable element of surprise and leaking the decision to authorize the Ukrainian use of ATACMS for deep strikes. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

The ASN World Convention is back! Columbia U, May 22-24, 2025. Proposal Deadline: 12 December 2024. Ukraine, Russia, Balkans, Central Europe, Eurasia, Caucasus, Nationalism, Migration, Populism, Gender. 150 panels. www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro... ASN is on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/asn-...

This was never about the fear of escalation, but the fear of putting Ukraine on the front-burner during the US electoral campaign. In the meantime, Putin kept escalating, and not just with the North Korean troops. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

Tout un honneur pour moi d'avoir pu donner un petit coup de main au passionné et rigoureux @patricesenecal.bsky.social Son dossier sur mon Kherson dans @ledevoir.com - à lire et à relire.

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