sokilWhy Russian studies in the West failed to provide a clue about Russia and Ukraine
Mart Kuldkepp
grusI'd also recommend this twitter thread by @martkuldkepp about Western Orientalism towards Eastern Europe, I found it to be very damn spot on
https://twitter.com/KuldkeppMart/status/1619806300917092353?lang=en
https://twitter.com/KuldkeppMart/status/1619806300917092353?lang=en
Mart Kuldkepp @[email protected] on Twitter
“A thread about Western Orientalism towards Eastern Europe 🧶 Centering of Western points of view and othering attitudes towards the East (Orientalism) have for a long time been commonplace in Western social and political thinking. (1/22)”
Alon@grus @martkuldkepp @sokil I wrote something similar on Birdsite a few months before the war started: https://twitter.com/alon_levy/status/1454786597875064832
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“20. Nor has Ukraine seen the weaponization of racism and homophobia by populists. While Poland elected PiS, it elected a Jewish president.”