The World Will Never be the Same: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict as a Trigger Point for Deglobalisation by Patrick M. Liedtke

“…Even though Russia’s economy is only a fraction of the US, EU or China, its role in the world is much more relevant and the events in Ukraine are triggering a cascade of effects that will redefine the political, social and economic thinking and interactions among nations long into the future. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the “peace dividend” of recent decades is gone as military budgets are increasing significantly around the world. …”
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Dilema ochrany klimatu z pohledu práva: obnovitelné zdroje versus ochrana biodiverzity by Vojtěch Stejskal

“…The question is, however, whether the Czech Republic is serious about measures towards carbon neutrality and energy security when it is still buying oil, natural gas and other strategic minerals from Russia two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.…”
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Mental, historical and geopolitical background of differences between Ukraine and Russia by Ihor Todorov

“…The historical extent of the Russian-Ukrainian war is caused by an inter-civilizational clash. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the hybrid aggression of the Russian Federation against the countries of the West have already radically affected international security and international relations. …”
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Postscript – Today’s Ukraine, Tomorrow’s Taiwan: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, China’s Revanchism, and the Chinese Communist Party-State’s Quest to Remake the World in Its Own Imag... by Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

“…The first section of this journal issue, Putin’s War in Ukraine: Where China Stands, looks at how the Chinese Communist Party-State positions the country it currently rules with an iron fist amidst the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, the reasons for its stance, its domestic and foreign policy considerations and its action’s paramount rationale – for the perpetuation of its brutal, repressive and dictatorial stranglehold over political power in China. …”
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Polish National Financing of Support to Mass Arrivals of Persons Fleeing Ukraine After 24 February 2022 by Piotr Sadowski, Małgorzata Cilak

“…The article is focused on financing of Polish support to displaced persons arriving to Poland from Ukraine after 24 February 2022, so after the Russian invasion on Ukraine. Poland has introduced a new statute and has amended general rules applicable in mass influx situations. …”
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Young people’s mental and social distress in times of international crisis: evidence from helpline calls, 2019–2022 by Marius Brülhart, Valentin Klotzbücher, Rafael Lalive

“…Distress of adults, measured by the volume of calls, rose significantly after both the outbreak of the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In contrast, the overall revealed distress of children and adolescents did not increase during those crises. …”
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The EU on the Road to Damascus: The War in Ukraine and the World Order in Transition by Fulvio Attinà

“…The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks the point of no return of the transition of order in world politics. …”
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“Putin’s War of Choice”: U.S. Propaganda and the Russia–Ukraine Invasion by Aaron Hyzen, Hilde Van den Bulck

“…The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 ignited propaganda efforts from the U.S. executive branch of government and the U.S. media, as the country tried to position itself towards the war not just in the eyes of its citizens but of the entire world as part of its geopolitical power position. …”
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Towards “Digital Sovereignty”: Explaining Digital Repression in Russia by Aram TERZYAN

“…This paper explores the main features of digital repression in Russia, especially in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The repression of digital activism is not a new phenomenon in Russia; however, it gained fresh momentum during the Russian-Ukrainian war. …”
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Inclusion of Newcomer Children in Preschool: The Case of Latvia by Tarune Iluta, Usca Svetlana, Dzerviniks Janis

“…The inclusion of newcomer children in the Latvian education system has become a topical issue with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The preschool period is the time when the foundation for future achievements is laid; in an inclusive environment, children’s knowledge and skills are fostered to find solutions in the sustainable society of the future. …”
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Subscribe and Follow. Telegram and Responsive Archiving the War in Ukraine by Taras Nazaruk

“…This essay is a self-reflection of a 5-month archiving initiative started as a civilian response to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.…”
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Russiskspråklige i Estland: En minoritet uten agens by Bendik Mogens Manum

“…This article provides an updated empirical analysis of the impact of the quadratic dynamic in Estonian minority relations, as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has shifted the balance of power between the agents in Smith’s nexus. …”
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From the Editors by Łukasz Burkiewicz

“…Karazin Kharkiv National University, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) presenting Kharkiv, and more precisely, Kharkiv churches in the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The other one is a review of Oleh Bolyuk’s book Wooden sacred artifacts (as based on Ukraine’s western regions) by Agnieszka Gronek (Jagiellonian University). …”
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From the Common Security and Defence Policy to the Common Army by Vojtech Jurčák, Radoslav Ivančík

“…Voices about the need to build a joint European Union army have been appearing on the European scene for several years, but recently these voices have become stronger, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, in the article, the authors deal with the issue of the possibility of creating a common European army. …”
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Temporary Protection in Times of Crisis: The European Union, Canada, and the Invasion of Ukraine by Catherine Xhardez, Dagmar Soennecken

“…The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered a major displacement crisis. …”
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The new role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) under proactive contribution to peace strategy by Habib Badawi

“…But global dangers, especially the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese threats to Taiwan, and the madness of the North Korean dictator, forced Japan to develop the proficiency of the Self-Defense Forces under the title of “proactive contribution to peace.” …”
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Nazism, Genocide and the Threat of The Global West. Russian Moral Justification of War in Ukraine by Arseniy Kumankov

“… A few public actions prepared the way for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the purpose of which was to define a special military operation as forced, necessary and inevitable. …”
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“Laissez-Faire” Principle in Tax Law during the Crises by Michal Radvan

“…The research part indicates amendments to the tax acts in the recent three years, justified on the grounds of the economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or consequences connected with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the discussion, the relationships between the new legal norms and the legal behavior of taxpayers are predicted, and the effects of legal regulation on the economic behavior of taxpayers are explained. …”
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From moral indignation to affective citizenship: public shaming of celebrity emigration from Russia during the war against Ukraine by Stephenson, Svetlana, Lerner, Julia

“…The paper analyses the public shaming campaigns that emerged around celebrity emigration following the Russian invasion in Ukraine. It examines how the individual commentators on social media have been conducting symbolic destruction of these celebrities’ moral character and social status while at the same time constituting the moral meaning of emigration from Russian Motherland as an act of betrayal and reconstructing a national civil contract of national belonging. …”
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Addressing war trauma in Ukrainian refugees before it is too late by Arash Javanbakht

“…Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to one of the largest refugee crises in recent history. …”
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