Issue 1-2/2025: Layers of legacy

CONTENTS

Layers of legacy

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was far from being just “Poland” A conversation with Tomas Venclova
Is Ukraine multicultural or just Ukrainian with influences from other cultures? Roman Kabachiy
A pagan canary in a Catholic coal mine Michael Strmiska
Oriental or local? Poland’s Tatar community Michał Łyszczarz
Tracing 700 years of Armenian heritage in Poland Ottilie Tabberer
Polish language and nation. A rather recent pairing Tomasz Kamusella
Seeing the present in the past. Byzantium and the Balkans Mirela Ivanova
Multiculturalism in the Balkans. Prospects and perils Miloš Milenković
From civic-minded, multinational Vojvodina to patriotic, nationalist northern Serbia Boris Varga

Essays and analysis

Serbia’s students deliver a significant blow to the regime Filip Mirilović
Azerbaijan’s foray into “anti-colonial” advocacy Svenja Petersen
Is Georgia experiencing its own Belarus moment? Giselle Bosse and Wicke van den Broek
The controversy about Tajikistan’s history textbooks Karolina Kluczewska
Russia and Iran. Tactical alignment or strategic alliance? Tiziano Marino
Brussels and/or Beijing? Moldova’s opening holds promises and risks Anda Bologa
Moscow’s tool of confrontation in the Baltic Sea region Miłosz Cordes
What is wrong with Latvia? Why the middle Baltic state lags behind Will Mawhood
Ukraine after the war Lessons of resilience Roksolana Ivanova
The refrigerator and the television. Sanctions as war by other means Greg Mills, Ray Hartley, Luis Ravina and Hryhoriy Nemyria
All for one and one for all against disinformation to protect democracy Anna Beitane, Stefano Braghiroli, Cécile Dolbeau-Bandin and Caroline Dufy

Stories and ideas

The contradiction of the female figure in Belarusian politics Nasta Zakharevich
Sandwiched between elections, Moldova’s indie artists are planning new futures Katie Toth
On the traces of Migjen Kelmendi, rock icon and Kosovar intellectual Erik Da Silva

Art, culture and society

Life on the exhale Krzysztof Czyżewski
What “Travels with Pozner and Urgant” says about Russian society James C. Pearce

History and memory

Memory politics in Ukraine and Russia as a component of modern warfare Oleksii Lionchuk
On fascism Engelbert Besednjak