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Russia's war in Ukraine
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8 December 2025
Deterrence, coercion, desecuritization: three lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian war
by Yuliia Kurnyshova in the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
25 September 2025
The Russia–Ukraine war: understanding the Global South's vote at the UN and its implications for the current world order
by Mahama Tawat in Third World Quarterly
12 September 2025
Studying language shift: research on language practices and attitudes in wartime Ukraine
by Volodymyr Kulyk in Post-Soviet Affairs
27 July 2025
When the guns fall silent: the variety of European perspectives on the end of war in Ukraine
by Alexi Gugushvili in the Journal of European Integration
15 June 2025
International legal regulation of anti-Russian sanctions and its impact on the formation of Ukraine's foreign policy identity
by Mariia Rozhkova et al. in European Politics and Society
22 May 2025
Destroyed temples of Ukraine: religion and culture on the battlefield
by Ihor Poshyvailo in Canadian Slavonic Papers
29 April 2025
Securitisation of EU policy: how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is changing Europe
by Mitchell A. Orenstein in the Journal of European Public Policy
29 April 2025
War memorialization and nation-building in Ukraine
by Michael Gentile in Eurasian Geography and Economics
11 October 2024
The subaltern strikes back, or how Ukraine is claiming agency from Russia and the European Union
by Fabienne Bossuyt, Louise Amoris, and Mykola Riabchuk in European Security
18 July 2024
Food security in light of the war in Ukraine: food studies meets defence studies
by Arita Holmberg in Defence Studies
14 June 2024
Resilience of primary health care in Ukraine: challenges of the pandemic and war
by Elina Dale et al. in Health Systems & Reform
18 March 2024
Disrupted harvests: how Ukraine-Russia war influences global food systems – a systematic review
by Hamid El Bilali and Tarek Ben Hassen in Policy Studies
4 December 2023
Migration and soft power: the EU's visa and refugee policy response to the war in Ukraine
by Matilde Rosina in the Journal of Policy Studies
30 November 2023
The impact of war on human capital and productivity in Ukraine
by Balázs Égert & Christine de la Maisonneuve in the Journal of Policy Studies
17 November 2023
More river pollution from untreated urban waste due to the Russian-Ukrainian war: a perspective view
by Vita Strokal, Anna Kurovska & Maryna Strokal in the Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences
26 October 2023
How do uncertainties affect the connectedness of global financial markets? Changes during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
by Yang Wan, Wenhao Wang, Shi He and Bing Hu in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics
20 October 2023
Political opportunities and mobilisation on the far-right in Ukraine
by Tamta Gelashvili in the Journal of East European Politics
10 October 2023
The trauma of war: implications for future generations in Ukraine (comparison with the Eastern European countries that were at war at the end of the 20th century)
by Elona Milaj, Oleg M. Yaroshenko, Nataliia O. Melnychuk, Olena V. Moskalenko & Jun-Ki Chung in the International Journal of Environmental Studies
18 September 2023
The spatial dynamics of Ukraine air quality impacted by the war and pandemic
by Anusha Srirenganathan Malarvizhi, Qian Liu,Theodore S. Trefonides et al. in the International Journal of Digital Earth
24 August 2023
A war like no other: Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a war on gender order
by Petr Kratochvíl and Míla O'Sullivan in the Journal of European Security
2 July 2023
The experiences of people with intellectual disabilities living in Ukraine during the first months of the Russian invasion: A lack of fulfilment of basic necessities and support and uncertainty towards reforms
by Laura Vromans, Noud Frielink, Hanna W. Noorlandt, Sanne A. H. Giesbers and Petri J. C. M. Embregts in the Journal of Disability & Society
15 June 2023
Treatment System Adaptations during War: Lessons from Ukrainian Addiction Treatment Providers
by Alexandra A. Deac, Irina Zaviryukha, Julia Rozanova, Oleksandr Zeziulin, Tetiana Kiriazova et al. in the Journal of Substance Use & Misuse
22 March 2023
Still a great power? Russia’s status dilemmas post-Ukraine war
by Janko Šćepanović in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies
12 March 2023
The war in Ukraine shows the game-changing effect of drones depends on the game
by Dominika Kunertova in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
13 January 2023
Ukraine, World Power, and Imperialism
by Roger van Zwanenberg in International Critical Thought
2 February 2023
How war in Ukraine is affecting the climate
by Hajdar Kicaj, et al. in the International Journal of Environmental Studies
11 January 2023
Russian policy towards the economy of occupied Ukrainian territories: crawling de-modernization
by Tetyana Malyarenko and Borys Kormych in Eurasian Geography and Economics
5 January 2023
The End of "Putin’s Empire?" Ontological problems of Russian imperialism in the context of the war against Ukraine, 2022
by Ruslan Zaporozhchenko in Problems of Post-Communism
1 January 2023
The art of partial commitment: the politics of military assistance to Ukraine
by Alexander Lanoszka and Jordan Becker in Post-Soviet Affairs
20 December 2022
Prospects for agribusiness in Ukraine over the next 5 years
by Stanislav Buka, et al. in International Journal of Environmental Studies
11 November 2022
Food sovereignty and solidarity initiatives in rural Ukraine during the war
by Natalia Mamonova in The Journal of Peasant Studies
20 November 2022
Iran's drone supply to Russia and changing dynamics of the Ukraine war
by Mohammad Eslami in Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
8 November 2022
Distressing a system in distress: global nuclear order and Russia’s war against Ukraine
by Mariana Budjeryn in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
20 October 2022
The Ukrainian population's war losses and their psychological and physical health
by Oleg Kokun in Journal of Loss and Trauma
22 September 2022
War in Ukraine: public health, rehabilitation, and assistive technologies
by Richard C. Armitage in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
12 October 2022
War, displacement, and human trafficking and exploitation: Findings from an evidence-gathering roundtable in response to the war in Ukraine
by Ella Cockbain and Aiden Sidebottom in Journal of Human Trafficking
22 August 2022
The compounding effect of COVID-19 and war in Ukraine on mental health: Α global time bomb soon to explode?
by Argyroula E. Kalaitzaki, Alexandra Tamiolaki, and Mona Vintila in Journal of Loss and Trauma
7 August 2022
The partnership that failed: EU-Russia relations and the war in Ukraine
by Marco Siddi in Journal of European Integration
26 July 2022
War crimes in Ukraine: is Putin responsible?
by Vittorio Bufacchi in
Journal of Political Power
11 July 2022
Teaching during the wartime: Experience from Ukraine
by Yuliana Lavrysha in
Educational Philosophy and Theory
26 June 2022
A Russian revisionist strategy on the rise?
by Yiannos Charalambides in Strategic Analysis
24 June 2022
War in Ukraine: Putin and the multi-order world
by Trine Flockhart and Elena A. Korosteleva in Contemporary Security Policy
15 June 2022
The Russia–Ukraine military conflict and its perception in Belarus
by Sergei A. Mudrov in Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
13 June 2022
Toward an understanding of the Russian-Ukrainian war impact on university students and personnel
by Anton Kurapov et al. in Journal of Loss and Trauma
2 June 2022
The educational opportunities of Ukrainian children at the time of the Russian invasion: perspectives from teachers
by Aleksandra Kruszewska and Maria Lavrenova in Education 3-13
10 June 2022
What next in Ukraine?
Five experts outline possible military, political, environmental, and socioeconomic scenarios resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine.
1 June 2022
Why Russia attacked Ukraine: Strategic culture and radicalized narratives
by Elias Götz and Jørgen Staun in Contemporary Security Policy
23 May 2022
Economic effects of isolating Russia from international trade due to its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine
by Cristian Mardones in Problems of Post-Communism
11 May 2022
The postcolonial moment in Russia’s war against Ukraine
by Maria Mälksoo in Journal of Genocide Research
9 May 2022
"We've got to kill them": Responses to Bucha on Russian social media groups
by Ian Garner in Journal of Genocide Research
5 May 2022
Russia’s war against Ukraine: A trio of virtual special issues
edited by Gwendolyn Sasse in Europe-Asia Studies
26 April 2022
Accounting for human-made disasters – comparative analysis of the support to Ukraine in times of war
by Giuseppe Grossi and Veronika Vakulenko in Public Money & Management
25 April 2022
Standing with the women, men, and children in Ukraine
by June Purvis in Women's History Review
7 April 2022
The Russo–Ukrainian war through a historian's eyes
by Yehuda Bauer in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
4 April 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the future demographic crisis
by Hiroaki Matsuura in Biodemography and Social Biology
4 April 2022
Care for the care takers: the refugee crisis as opportunity for change
by Maria Bucur in Women's History Review
28 March 2022
Ukraine 2022: Why and what next?
by Andrzej Makowski in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
25 March 2022
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