REEI-Affiliate Commentary on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, PhD Candidate/Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures:Contradicting Putin: Ukrainians and Russians are not "one people" (Forum for Ukrainian Studies/May 18, 2022)
Hiroaki Kuromiya, Emeritus Professor/History: The fallacy of "Russian Culture" in Ukraine (Forum for Ukrainian Studies/May 16, 2022)
Stanislav Budnitsky, Postdoctoral Fellow/Russian and East European Institute: Pranks and propaganda: Russian laws against fake news target Ukrainian and the opposition, not proPutin pranksters (The Conversation/April 19, 2022)
Russell Valentino, Professor/Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures: Sergei Loznitsa's Donbass and the Senses of Provocation (April 17, 2022)
Patrick Michelson, Associate Professor/Religious Studies: A Church at War: Heresies, History,and a Russian Orthodoxy Otherwise (Public Orthodoxy/April 7, 2022)
Russell Valentino, Professor/Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures: Russia's Special Operation on English (russellv.com/March 14, 2022)
Kristopher Rees, Associate Professor/Political Science (IU East): How Ukraine Could Remake Kazakhstan's Relationship with Russia (The Diplomat/March 10, 2022)
Kathryn Graber, Associate Professor/Anthropology and Central Eurasian Studies: It's Ukraine not the Ukraine--Here's why (The Conversation/March 9, 2022)
Padraic Kenney, Professor/History and International Studies: Ukraine's Social Miracle (Liberal Culture/March 8, 2022)
Michael De Groot, Assistant Professor/International Studies: Western oil companies ditching Russia is new twist on a familiar pattern (Washington Post/March 7, 2022)
Sarah Phillips, Professor/Anthropology and Director/REEI: 'Ukraine is fighting for the world.' Now, the world must stand and fight with it. (USA Today/March 7, 2022)
Dmitry Shlapentokh, Associate Professor/History (IU South Bend): Putin and nuclear Weapons (Andalou Agency/March 1, 2022)
Jeffrey Isaac, Professor/Political Science: Volodymyr Zelensky, The Hero We Now Need (Democracy Seminar/February 27, 2022)
Michael Alexeev, Professor/Economics: American Economist on Why This War Might Be Straw that Breaks Russia’s Empire Dreams (Kyiv Post)
On March 9, 2022 the Indianapolis Star published an article that featured commentary by Elizabeth Dunn (Professor/Geography) on the refugee crisis instigated by the war.