Præsident Putins tale ved annekteringen af Krim

Den 18. marts talte Præsident Putin til medlemmerne af Statsdumaen ovenpå udviklingen i Krim. I talen betonede han det historiske forhold mellem Krim og Rusland

Vladimir Putin i München

Under den årlige Wehrkunde-konference i München holdt Ruslands præsident Vladimir Putin den 10. februar en tale, der fik Vesten til at tale om en ny kold krig

The Memory Politics of Becoming European: The East European Subalterns and the Collective Memory of Europe

The situation in collective memory studies that share a nexus with the discipline of International Relations (IR) is currently reflective of the traditionally West-centric writing of European history. This order of things has become increasingly challenged after the eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU). This article examines Poland’s and the Baltics’ recent attempts to enlarge the mnemonic vision of ‘the united Europe’ by placing their ‘subaltern pasts’ in contest with the conventionally Western European-bent understanding of the consequences of World War II in Europe. I argue that their endeavours to wrench the ‘European mnemonical map’ apart in order to become more congruent with the different historical experiences within the enlarged EU encapsulate the curious trademark of Polish and Baltic post-Cold War politics of becoming European: their combination of simultaneously seeking recognition from and resisting the hegemonic ‘core European’ narrative of what ‘Europe’ is all about

Trends in Family Planning in Russia, 1994–2003

CONTEXT: Although Russian women have adequate knowledge of modern contraceptives, their level of use of these methods has been low, and abortion rates remain relatively high