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Central and Eastern Europe in the face of a new Russian kidnapping

In the wake of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine it became clear that Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was facing a danger of a new Russian kidnapping. This new dramatic situation has pushed many countries towards repositioning themselves in terms of their identity and geopolitical visions.

ResearchRachel WolfeJune 3, 2024Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia-Ukraine war, Russia, Ukraine

From the Trenches: Research on the Russo-Ukrainian War

As someone who spent many years deeply involved with governmental leaders and scholars within the Republic of Poland, I am well aware of the lack of interest that events within central Europe let alone eastern Europe have generated within the academic community in the United States. To address this paucity and present the work of those directly impacted by Russian aggression heretofore unknown to most scholars in the West, I turned to the American Behavioral Scientist.

Research, Editor's PicksMaria Pia TissotFebruary 24, 2023Russia-Ukraine war, Eastern Europe, Ukraine

Making Sense of What We Hear About Ukraine: An Interview with Dr Daniela Dimitrova

Every war updates what fills the arsenals, and the Russia-Ukraine war – with its thermobaric rocket launchers, hypersonic missiles and Javelin anti-tank weapons systems – is no different. In the digital age, the information battles that accompany every war are no different, and the current conflict is seeing the immediacy and rawness of social media (and active efforts at disinformation) crafting how the rest of the world sees the war.

To help bring some order to how we can filter and understand information about the war Martha Avtandilian, publisher of social science journals with SAGE Publishing (the parent of Social Science Space), interviewed Daniela Dimitrova, the editor-in-chief of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.