New Eastern Europe 4/2020

CONTENTSThe Kremlin’s Hybrid War.
The case of GeorgiaThe many dimensions of hybrid warfare Emil Avdaliani How Russian propaganda works in Georgia Grigol JulukhidzeBorderisation.
The Kremlin’s unending war Egor KuroptevReligion as a powerful foreign policy tool Giorgi JokhadzeThe Kremlin’s fake news machine swirl COVID-19 conspiracies Tornike ZurabashviliFar-right radicalisation and Russian soft power Ucha NanuashviliUnderstanding the silent war Lasha PataraiaThe South Caucasus conundrum in the Black Sea Victor Kipiani Geopolitics and coronavirus.
A survey of expertsCOVID-19 not to spare Eastern Europe from great power competition Alena KudzkoPost-COVID-19 Eastern Europe: Equation with many unknowns Wojciech KonończukGone with the virus.
How the pandemic makes Russian strategy evanescent Andrey MakarychevBracing for impact.
Shifting geopolitics in the South Caucasus Richard GiragosianThe Eastern Partnership and Russia in the post-COVID world Karina ShyrokykhEastern Partnership in times of coronavirus Péter StepperGeorgia and COVID-19.
The miracle of social and institutional resilience Beata Górka-Winter Opinion and AnalysisZelenskyy’s populist learning curve Anna KorbutBabyn Yar.
When will the tragedy be finally commemorated?
Svitlana OslavskaA reality check for the realists Matt JohnsonUkraine as a key to Europe’s energy security.
Towards a US-Polish-Ukrainian LNG trading platform Mykola VoytivThe meaning behind Azerbaijan’s forged elections Mateusz BajekCorona in Kazakhstan.
An authoritarian transparency offensive Othmara GlasGreat power competition returns to Central Asia Natalia KonarzewskaBosnia’s others Anastasiya Ilyina InterviewsThe memory and experience of 1980 An interview with Cezary Obracht-PrądzyńskiSiberia is a feeling to me A conversation with Sophy Roberts Art, Culture and SocietyThe COVID-19 crisis is generating far-reaching outcomes for culture An interview with Jakub KornhauserIncident.
Or three short essays on solidarity Mykola Riabchuk Stories and IdeasA Jan of all trades Marta GruszeckaVolcanic vintage.
The historic Hungarian wines of Lake Balaton Eric Bryan History and MemoryFrom the Great Patriotic War to the Second World War.
The decommunisation of Ukraine’s memory politics Serhiy Riabenko and Taras KuzioThe brief alliance, short memory Grzegorz SzymborskiEASTERN CAFÉThe story of liberalism’s fall from grace Millie RadovićWe are in fact writing about the present… Łukasz JasinaAn alternative guide to Northern Kosovo Magdalena RekśćA deltiology of memory Kinga Anna Gajda