New Eastern Europe 4/2020

CONTENTS The Kremlin’s Hybrid War. The case of Georgia The many dimensions of hybrid warfare Emil Avdaliani How Russian propaganda works in Georgia Grigol Julukhidze Borderisation. The Kremlin’s unending war Egor Kuroptev Religion as a powerful foreign policy tool Giorgi Jokhadze The Kremlin’s fake news machine swirl COVID-19 conspiracies Tornike Zurabashvili Far-right radicalisation and Russian soft power Ucha Nanuashvili Understanding the silent war Lasha Pataraia The South Caucasus conundrum in the Black Sea Victor Kipiani Geopolitics and coronavirus. A survey of experts COVID-19 not to spare Eastern Europe from great power competition Alena Kudzko Post-COVID-19 Eastern Europe: Equation with many unknowns Wojciech Konończuk Gone with the virus. How the pandemic makes Russian strategy evanescent Andrey Makarychev Bracing for impact. Shifting geopolitics in the South Caucasus Richard Giragosian The Eastern Partnership and Russia in the post-COVID world Karina Shyrokykh Eastern Partnership in times of coronavirus Péter Stepper Georgia and COVID-19. The miracle of social and institutional resilience Beata Górka-Winter Opinion and Analysis Zelenskyy’s populist learning curve Anna Korbut Babyn Yar. When will the tragedy be finally commemorated? Svitlana Oslavska A reality check for the realists Matt Johnson Ukraine as a key to Europe’s energy security. Towards a US-Polish-Ukrainian LNG trading platform Mykola Voytiv The meaning behind Azerbaijan’s forged elections Mateusz Bajek Corona in Kazakhstan. An authoritarian transparency offensive Othmara Glas Great power competition returns to Central Asia Natalia Konarzewska Bosnia’s others Anastasiya Ilyina Interviews The memory and experience of 1980 An interview with Cezary Obracht-Prądzyński Siberia is a feeling to me A conversation with Sophy Roberts Art, Culture and Society The COVID-19 crisis is generating far-reaching outcomes for culture An interview with Jakub Kornhauser Incident. Or three short essays on solidarity Mykola Riabchuk Stories and Ideas A Jan of all trades Marta Gruszecka Volcanic vintage. The historic Hungarian wines of Lake Balaton Eric Bryan History and Memory From the Great Patriotic War to the Second World War. The decommunisation of Ukraine’s memory politics Serhiy Riabenko and Taras Kuzio The brief alliance, short memory Grzegorz Szymborski EASTERN CAFÉ The story of liberalism’s fall from grace Millie Radović We are in fact writing about the present… Łukasz Jasina An alternative guide to Northern Kosovo Magdalena Rekść A deltiology of memory Kinga Anna Gajda