How imperialism and orientalism paved Russia’s road to war. And how we can break it down again
Slowly but surely, we are awakening from our European dream of peace and security on the continent. Unreal, yet it has been almost a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, part of the war that already started in 2014. Yet nine years of war does not seem to have made a shocking contribution to knowledge of the European countries in Central and Eastern Europe. So how can we understand this region without falling into condescending clichés or downright toxic disinformation?