Alexander Etkind
Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war
Eine Niederlage Russlands ist kein Grund zur Angst, sondern zur Hoffnungwww.nzz.ch Mit dem Entscheid zum Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine hat Russland eine tektonische Verschiebung in der Weltordnung eingeleitet. Trotz seiner erstaunlichen Resilienz ist die Niederlage des Systems Put...
Oil, climate and war: The curse of the petrostate - CEU Review of Booksceureviewofbooks.com What is the connection between oil, war, and the climate crisis? In this Long Read, Alexander Etkind explores the tendency of authoritarian petrostates, such as Russia and Iran, to launch wars and to ...
Reluctant Decarbonization and Militant Petrostatesopensocietyuniversitynetwork.org 3:30 AM New York l 9:30 AM ViennaThe Open Society Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene invites OSUN community members to a hybrid workshop being held at Central European University on “Reluctant D...
Putin’s boldest opponent is gone—but in Russia’s far reaches, others can still risewww.prospectmagazine.co.uk The death of Navalny is a tragedy and a blow to the Russian resistance
Alexey Navalny: A hero of the new time - Alexander Etkind, 2022journals.sagepub.com Russian leaders first tried to poison him, then unlawfully imprisoned him, and now are publicly torturing him. His enemies see him as an illegitimate pretender ...
Fossil fuel lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but a ban could be in the pipelinet.co The European Parliament is examining what lessons can be learned from restrictions on tobacco lobbyists to protect the environment from continued use of fossil fuels.
Driften junge Frauen und Männer politisch zunehmend auseinander?www.derstandard.at Neue Studien lassen vermuten: Junge Frauen werden immer linker, junge Männer immer rechter. Das betrifft besonders das Genderthema. Die Ursachen dafür sind vielschichtig
2x Postdocs "Politics of the Anthropcene" (CEU Wien)www.hsozkult.de The OSUN Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene (OHPA), a research project based at the Department of International Relations of Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, invites applications for...
Securitization Beyond Constructivism: How to Understand Petroaggression in the Era of Decarbonizatio...events.ceu.edu
2x Postdocs "Politics of the Anthropcene" (CEU Wien)www.hsozkult.de The OSUN Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene (OHPA), a research project based at the Department of International Relations of Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, invites applications for...
Russia has now turned to indiscriminate attacks on civilians: UK statement at the UN Security Counci...www.gov.uk Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
What Will Happen After the War? Historical Models for the Future of Northern Eurasia - SCEEUSsceeus.se SCEEUS Voices on Russia | What Will Happen After the War? Historical Models for the Future of Northern Eurasia by Alexander Etkind | Centrum för Östeuropastudier, SCEEUS
Putin Senses Reviving Fortunes As Front Holds, West Frayswww.barrons.com As Vladimir Putin touches down in the Middle East later on Wednesday for visits to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the Russian leader is brimming with confidence that would have been unimaginable six months...