In this illuminating interview, Togzhan Kassenova talks about her research on Kazakhstan’s denuclearisation and the future of nuclear arms.

Lossi 36 looks at 10 feature-length films tackling environmental issues in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia

Giorgia Maurovich analyses Olga Tokarczuk’s “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” as a strand of ecofeminist literature

Holly Rodgers demonstrates how Viktor Orbán’s love for football is part of the narratives he actively promotes on Hungary’s history.

Frederik Edsberg looks back to his time in Riga in an analysis of how Latvia is trying to face its Russian and Soviet inheritance

Jasmin Aust and Pyke Hans examine how Russia, via the Wagner group, has expanded its influence in Africa’s Sahel region