a journal of research & art
Reviewed by Tomasz Kamusella
The volume opens a vista on a polity that was a fixture of European politics and economy for four centuries, also serving as a corrective to the national but anachronistic view held in Poland that Poland-Lithuania was the “First Republic of Poland.”
By Paul D’Anieri
Western leaders have sought to keep Ukraine on the periphery of European affairs for many years. It is now at the center of European concerns.
By William Glenn Gray
“The world afterwards is not the same as the world before,” intoned Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the Bundestag on February 27, 2022. In Berlin, the Russian assault on Ukraine reversed fundamental assumptions about the nature of international politics.
By Carl J. Strikwerda and Ruud van Dijk
Scholars of Europe from both sides of the Atlantic assess some of the impact of the war between Ukraine and Russia on NATO, European institutions, and individual European countries. Will NATO get stronger or weaker as the war persists in a stalemate and populist and isolationist political parties assert themselves in member countries? Will the renewed unity among EU members persist in the face of the obstacles lying ahead in Europe?
Curated by Hélène B. Ducros
In their treatment of shapes, contour lines, or colors, artists appropriate the cartographic instrument to give life to new forms and new meanings that elicit emotions.
Translated by Zenia Tompkins
You’re…moved by the welcoming calm and serenity of provincial Ukraine…suddenly you realize that from under a kiosk…the barrel of a machine gun is aimed at your chest.
Translated by Mira Rosenthal
that color once existed here. And dust gets in./ The nests of ants and mice now totally exposed./ A moving out, an exodus. This once was home./ Once light and heat and fire. Now so much wind.
By Christopher Miller
We passed several colorful messages now scrawled across the traffic signs. One appealed to the enemy’s humanity: “Russian soldier, stop! How will you look into your children’s eyes? Leave!”
By Abraham (“Bram”) Boxhoorn
The impact of the Ukraine war on the transatlantic relationship and Euro-Atlantic institutions (EU and NATO) can be only conditionally assessed at this time. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a number of consequences in European international affairs. Some European countries suffered more than others due to the self-imposed sanctions.
