Anton Bebler (Ljubljana): Crimea and the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict. Yaniv Roznai (NYU) and Silvia Suteu (Edinburgh): Eternal Territory? The Crimean Crisis and Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity as an Unamendable Principle. An anniversary of Crimea takeover: Petra Gumplova on borders and the crime of their violation. The crime of the century: A year after claiming Crimea for Russia, Putin appears to have gotten away with the heist. From The Intercept, in midst of war, Ukraine becomes a gateway for jihad; and Marcin Mamon on the making of a Christian Taliban in Ukraine. Tim Judah on Ukraine: Inside the deadlock. Andrew W. Jones on the Marlboro Men of Chernivtsi: Where there’s smoke, there’s smuggling — before the Ukrainian border became a dangerous war zone, it was a profitable bootlegging arena. Boris Nemtsov's parting shot: A posthumously completed report recounts how Russia launched the annexation of Crimea and the rebellion in Donbas. Yuval Weber on why the U.S. does nothing in Ukraine: Doing nothing may satisfy few people, but it may fulfill U.S. interests. Long live Ruthenia: The Russian press invents ethnic separatism in Transcarpathia. Is Gagauzia next on Russia's list? What the world is witnessing today is not a resurgent Cold War or Soviet-style Russia, but an Imperial Russia. Lucian Kim on how Vladimir Putin’s skewed view of World War Two threatens his neighbors and the West. Maria Antonova on Putin’s Great Patriotic Purge: As Russia commemorates the 70th anniversary of defeating the Nazis, the Kremlin is rewriting history for political convenience.
