The Archive of the East: Displacements in the Imaginaries of Contemporary Cuban literature
Irina Garbatzky explores Cuba’s literary East: an archive of reimagined worlds where writing about elsewhere becomes a way of rethinking home.
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Maximilianstrasse Revisited: The relevance of “M26” for the sense of belonging of refugees
Marina Schepetow explores how refugees and migrant newcomers to the city use Maximilianstr. and the M26 centre, countering prevalent negative perceptions
Stolen Future: How war and xenophobia are accelerating Russia’s demographic decline
Has Russia’s demographic history gone into a doom cycle? Salavat Abylkalikov explores the significance of war, falling fertility rates and declining inward migration could bring Russia to a “point of no return”
Futures Thinking in Times of Crisis (Part II): Playing the Future
How can play contribute to semiotic agility and an active role in shaping the future? Katarina Damčević explores ways of building imaginative capacities in times of uncertainty.
The European Union’s Strategic Autonomy, Transatlantic Shifts and Ukraine
Trump’s return to power means Europe faces a choice between strategic dependency and autonomous leadership, with Ukraine’s fate serving as the ultimate test of the EU’s geopolitical maturity, argues Oleksiy Kandyuk
Origin Stories: Meritocracy, Exclusion & the History of Johns Hopkins University Reconsidered
How does the long history of JHU, America’s first research university, still shape the struggle over merit, access, and inclusion today?
Geopolitics, Migrations and Identities in Central Eurasia: Reflections from the CESS-ESCAS Lisbon Conference 2025
How are shifting geopolitics, migration patterns, and identity transformations shaping Central Eurasia today? What significance do queer indentities, womne’s experiences and artistic interventions have? Saltanat Shoshanova offering a glimpse into the future of Central Eurasian and Central Asian studies.
Open Call for Contributions: Transatlantic Ruptures and Transformations
Frictions welcomes contributions discussing the current disruptive, unpredictable role of the US in world politics today and its impact on other regions of the world. At the same time, we encourage reflections on other periods of regional and global upheaval that generated phenomena that are gaining resonance today.
Cowboy Diplomacy Reloaded: Trump’s reckless foreign policy and the shadow of Putin
Trump’s foreign policy fuels Putin’s agenda, blaming Ukraine for its own invasion while excusing Russian aggression. His admiration for strongmen and disregard for democratic alliances threaten global stability. This isn’t diplomacy, it’s a roadmap to authoritarian dominance via cowboy diplomacy, argues Chris Kostov.
From Europe and America to America (with Russia) against Europe? A Fascist in the White House and the emerging end of the Transatlantic alliance
In a hot take on the second Trump presidency, Ulf Brunnbauer sees a fundamental ideological shift in US foreign policy, away from democratic values and towards fascism combined with a Putin-style vision of the world.
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