Reflecting on the Russian Aggression against Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Abstract

This is an introductory essay to the special issue of “Peace Review” on the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the Russo-Ukrainian war. When we put out the call for submissions for this issue, we hoped that we would be completing the finishing touches in the final days of the war. Instead, as we read and reread the articles, we were painfully aware of the fact that the war continued and more conflict had broken out across our globe. In this essay, we reflect on the current war and introduce the articles that we chose for the issue. We are happy that the articles come from many different places, topically and geographically, cover a variety of perspectives and often, focus on topics that are not covered in mainstream media.

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Maureen P. Flaherty

Maureen P. Flaherty, MSW, PhD, is a Senior Scholar in Peace & Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Following more than 45 years of social work and peacebuilding practice and education, her work and research with colleagues in Ukraine continues to focus on mental health, community building/peacebuilding, and narrative approaches to practical research. Email: [email protected]

Katarzyna A. Przybyła

Katarzyna A. Przybyła is an associate editor of “Peace Review”, a lecturer at Collegium Civitas, Poland, and a Ph.D. student in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba, Canada. She was a Fulbright Scholar in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (University of Notre Dame, US) in 2014–2015. In 2018 – GMF’s Marshall Memorial Fellow. In the past, she worked as Director of Analysis and Senior Editor at the analytical center Polityka Insight, and Senior Analyst in the National Security Bureau of Poland. She focuses on conflict analysis and transformation, political violence, nonviolent resistance, strategic thinking, and Eastern Europe. Email: [email protected]