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But we are proud to say that Martyna Miernecka contributed 38 entries already.
From Toronto’s ArQuives to a Montréal ecomuseum: how a research fellowship in Canada enabled Martyna Miernecka to reflect on Polish queer exile, archives, solidarity, and finding breathing space in precarious academia.
Irina Garbatzky explores Cuba’s literary East: an archive of reimagined worlds where writing about elsewhere becomes a way of rethinking home.
Marina Schepetow explores how refugees and migrant newcomers to the city use Maximilianstr. and the M26 centre, countering prevalent negative perceptions
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”
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.
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
How does the long history of JHU, America’s first research university, still shape the struggle over merit, access, and inclusion today?
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.
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.
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.
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