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Wars of preemption. Is Russia correct in justifying its invasion of Ukraine in terms of preventing a larger conflict?
This blogpost by Isabela Dragomir and Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska is a discussion of diverse definitions of preemptive attacks vis-à-vis preventive wars, and criteria for their legality and justification. It reviews selected international legal, military and political studies to bring together the current approaches and debates and exemplifies the argument with historical examples. It is a background…
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Unveiling the Feminine Narrative: Women’s Roles in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict in Romanian Media
On May 23, 2024, Denisa Bâlc and Iulia-Maria Ticărău participated in the conference “Women in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Experience of War,” held in Sibiu, Romania. They presented their research, titled “Unveiling the Feminine Narrative: Analyzing the Role of Women in Mediating the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict,” which is based on the corpus compiled for…
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Fostering resilience against war disinformation among the youth:CORECON joins forces with FORTHEM’s DisInfoResist to develop a research study and intervention for schools
DisInfoResist is the name of the FORTHEM student-driven pilot study and intervention project devoted to building up resilience to disinformation on Russian-Ukrainian conflict among Polish teenagers. It took place in Opole in the spring semester of 2024 and was carried out by a group of University of Opole MA students of English Philology supervised by…