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Moldova is a Multifaceted State in Terms of National Identity: Interview with Alexandru Burian

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

Alexandru Burian is a doctor of law, professor in the Department of International Law and External Economic Relations Law of Moldova State University, and pro-rector of the University of European Studies of Moldova. He is the author of more than 250 pieces of scholarly writing, including 6 monographs and 12 university textbooks in the fields of public international law, diplomatic and consular law, geopolitics, diplomatic protocol, and etiquette. In 1988–1990, he was a Senior Scientific Assistant in the International Department of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and Senior Researcher in the International Relations Department, Institute of Marxism–Leninism of the CPSU CC (Moscow). In 1990–1994, he was a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. In 1993–1994, he was the Chairman of the Commission for International Relations, and the head of the Moldovan parliamentary delegation to PACE. In 1994–1995, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova. Burian was the head of Moldovan government delegations in negotiations with Iran, Cuba, China, Romania, Russia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Malta. In 1995–1997, he was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Kingdom of Denmark. In 2002–2003, Burian was the Head of the Protocol Sector of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. In 2005–2009, he was the Director of the Institute of History, State and Law at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

The Twentieth Century Colonialism within Ukrainian Academic and Public Discourse in the Era of Independence

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

The article analyses the notion post-, anti- colonialism in Ukrainian political and public discourse since 1991. The author focuses on the debate about coloniality and its reflections on Ukrainian political thought in ХХ century. The first part of the article devotes to the problems of applying postcolonial theories to the Ukrainian context and the specifics of the relationship between the Soviet Union’s center and the national republics that represented the periphery. The second part analyses the influence of the legacy of Ukrainian national communists on the notion of colonialism in contemporary Ukrainian historiography, while the third part focus on the processes of decolonization represented in public discourse. Finally, the author analyses how Euromaidan launched the politics of decommunization and how it affected the post-Soviet space.

The Traditions of Ukrainian Democracy May Be Problematic, But Their Existence Is Undeniable: Interview with Prof. Serhii Plokhii

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

Serhii Plokhii, a leading expert on the history of Central and Eastern Europe, is a Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. He is also a member of PEN Ukraine. Prof. Plokhii has won numerous awards, including the Early Slavic Studies Association Distinguished Scholarship Award (2009), the Lionel Gelber Prize (2015), the Antonovych Foundation Prize (2015), the Shevchenko National Prize (2018), and the Book Forum Best Book Award (2020).

From the editors. The NKVD’s “Polish Operation” of 1937–1938: the Story of One Family.

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

The AREI editorial board decided to publish documents that describe the fate of a Polish-Ukrainian family that became a victim of the NKVD’s “national operations”. More family stories you can read in the collection of documents W cieniu “operacji polskiej”. Represje na sowieckiej Ukrainie 1937–1938 w dokumentach, that will be published at the end of 2024. The collection of documents is the outcome of project number 2015/19/B/HS3/01823, for implementation of the research project “The NKVD’s Polish Operation 1937–1938. Victims, Documents”. Project leader: Sławomir Dębski.

Russian Academic Imperialism: How Deep Does the Rabbit Hole Go?

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

Book Review: Sergei I. Zhuk, The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946–2024 (Lanham MD: Lexington Books, 2024)

A Word from the Editors

25 May 2021 Yana Prymachenko

Yana Prymachenko

List of articles

Moldova is a Multifaceted State in Terms of National Identity: Interview with Alexandru Burian

The Twentieth Century Colonialism within Ukrainian Academic and Public Discourse in the Era of Independence

The Traditions of Ukrainian Democracy May Be Problematic, But Their Existence Is Undeniable: Interview with Prof. Serhii Plokhii

From the editors. The NKVD’s “Polish Operation” of 1937–1938: the Story of One Family.

Russian Academic Imperialism: How Deep Does the Rabbit Hole Go?

A Word from the Editors