When you think of the war in Ukraine, you may picture bombs, ruined cities, and the loss of life. But war is not only physical; it destroys much more than just material things. O’Hurley and Shadrina powerfully highlight the threat of a […]

The ideological dimension of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—marked by the active collaboration of the Russian Church (Moscow Patriarchate) with the Russian Federation—remains little known in the West outside specialist academic and Orthodox church circles. O’Hurley and Shadrina explore how it is driven […]

To truly understand the underpinnings of today’s Russia and its toxic rulers, it is essential to explore the roots of a pillar of this autocracy as constructed by Vladimir Putin—the Russian Orthodox Church. And in our search for how deeply implanted it […]

Russian aggression against Ukraine is far from being unprecedented.  Rather, it is the latest in a long series of acts of aggression and coercion that stretches back to the Middle Ages. Vladimir Putin frequently invokes this deep historical narrative to justify his […]