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What Exactly does the Age of Security Report from IISS Indicate? Dr. Burcu Albayrak Dönmez
“The Age of Insecurity,” the title of the most recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), one of the most influential think tanks in the United Kingdom, predicts a significantly bleaker decade ahead. In the report, the escalation in both the quantity and rapidity of armaments among nations is identified as the Read more
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“We now live distant from the war, yet it’s still in our minds” – Liudmyla Vashkulat
24th of February. It wasn’t a shock; it wasn’t something unexpected. Some months before, the information space was full of war threats. At school, where I worked, we already practiced an evacuation plan and shared instructions for cases of emergency. We knew that some kind of danger was approaching, but it was still intangible.From day Read more
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Moods of Ukrainians, or why should Europe be on guard? Dr. Anzhelika Dosenko
The world community is already frankly starting to talk about a big war in Europe, but let’s be honest: the war started a long time ago; it’s just that the Ukrainians held the line of defense so well. Europe has been sleeping peacefully for two years. But… Ukrainians are tired; many are dead; many are Read more
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“Parents who refused to send their kids to school risked losing their parental rights” – Tatiana Ivanova
My name is Tatiana Ivanova, and I am 46 years old. I come from the city of Melitopol, which has remained under Russian occupation for almost 2 years.When the Russian soldiers arrived on February 26th, 2022, in Melitopol, which has approximately 150,000 inhabitants and had been occupied since February 28th, many people hid in the Read more
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“Living in Crimea after 2014 has truly become a torment”
“War also comes with laws. We demonstrated this at the Battle of Gallipoli (1915–1916), for instance. During times of war, fundamental human rights and necessities, such as healthcare and food, are ensured. Unfortunately, Russia, under the leadership of President V. Putin, did not demonstrate an adherence to the laws of war during this process” (QHA, Read more
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“All media tools have become instruments of the ‘security dilemma’ as psychological warfare elements”
“Despite Russia no longer occupying the position of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in global politics, it remains an actor that will not readily disregard its geopolitical and strategic ambitions through its foreign policy, in accordance with its own distinctive political interests and discourses” (Büyükakıncı, 2004; 1). Russian President V. Putin’s 2014 invasion Read more
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