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After two months of war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Renee Rippberger sends us a postcard from a country in shock and mourning.

Mass protests in Poland are making headlines once again, this time due to further restrictions on abortion rights. It is nothing new, though. Arguably, one of the things Poland is most known for [...]

Raz Segal’s Genocide in the Carpathians: War, Social Breakdown, and Mass Violence 1914-1945 draws light to an under-researched tragedy and contextualizes the violence committed in Europe against [...]

This edition of Lossi 36 Weekly was originally sent by email on 9 November 2020. Subscribe to Lossi 36 Weekly here. ⭐️ This week’s special Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh escalates around [...]

Over the past two weeks two Georgias have voted, one country and one US state. While the world’s attention has been focused on the results in the US and the refusal of some to accept the election [...]

On the southeastern outskirts of the hilltop city of Shusha, a narrow street lined with the forlorn ruins of old stone houses gives way to an open grassy field. Walking in the direction of a [...]

While reading the introduction to Alexander Griboedov’s Woe from Wit, I have come to the conclusion that if the term “woke” existed and could have been applicable to 18th century Russia, this [...]

This edition of Lossi 36 Weekly was originally sent by email on 2 November 2020. Subscribe to Lossi 36 Weekly here. ⭐️ This week’s special Pro-choice protests in Poland gain momentum. On 30 [...]

Turkmenistan – a country largely ignored in International Relations, is actually a central piece of the natural gas geopolitical realm. After its independence, most of the country’s gas [...]

Migration to the global cities of the Soviet Union plays an important part in the history of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Exploring the narratives of those moving to these global cities, Jeff [...]