Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

The Russian state-media propaganda campaign has been surprisingly successful in disguising and distorting the nature of the war and shaping how it is perceived.

This double special issue investigates the experiences of Soviet Afghan veterans and the ongoing impact of the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-89).

The issue explores the questions of agency of less mainstream groups in protest movements in patriarchal and authoritarian societies.

The issue approaches the problem of violence in the post-Soviet space from three perspectives: The international-structural, inter-state, and domestic-political.

The major aim of the issue is to go beyond the narratives of dictatorship and authoritarianism and that of a never-ending story of failed Belarusian nationalism.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for new original research on the Soviet and post-Soviet world.

This issue's special section explores the discursive gaps, tensions, and ruptures between Ukrainian and Russian narratives of national identity.

This Issue deals with Russia’s post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called “near abroad,” or the former Soviet states.

Special Section: Russia’s Annexation of Crimea I Guest Editors: Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland Legal Loopholes and Judicial Debates: Essays on Russia’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea and Its Consequences for International Law Gergana Dimova The Obligation of Non-recognition: The ...

This issue focuses on the palimpsest-like environments of East-Central European borderland cities.