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Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
This double special issue investigates the experiences of Soviet Afghan veterans and the ongoing impact of the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-89); and the new and reconstituted narratives of martyrdom that have been emerging in connection with 20th-century history and memory in the post-socialist world. The Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) is a new bi-annual companion journal to the Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS) book series, founded in 2004 and edited by Andreas Umland. The guest editors of this issue are Felix Ackermann (European Humanities University), Michael Galbas (Konstanz University), and Uilleam Blacker (UCL).
Digital sovereignty
Digital technology offers significant political, economic, and societal opportunities. At the same time, the notion of digital sovereignty has become a leitmotif in German discourse: the state’s capacity to assume its responsibilities and safeguard society’s – and individuals’ – ability to shape the digital transformation in a self-determined way. The education sector is exemplary for the challenge faced by Germany, and indeed Europe, of harnessing the benefits of digital technology while navigating concerns around sovereignty. It encompasses education as a core public good, a rapidly growing field of business, and growing pools of highly sensitive personal data. The report describes pathways to mitigating the tension between digitalization and sovereignty at three different levels – state, economy, and individual – through the lens of concrete technical projects in the education sector: the HPI Schul-Cloud (state sovereignty), the MERLOT data spaces (economic sovereignty), and the openHPI platform (individual sovereignty).
The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from East Central Europe
The withdrawal of Soviet troops is a so far largely unresearched process of international political and military reorganization after 1989/90, which was accompanied by political, economic, social and geopolitical factors that had different effects in different nations. The anthology contains national studies that examine the withdrawal from a scientific perspective. But it also analyses the international conditions that led to the geopolitical reorganization and reduction of weapons. In addition to the country studies, the reforms and the collapse of the Soviet empire are examined from a military-political perspective in order to make the conditions for returning home understandable. Finally, the legacy of the retreat is also considered in the light of current policies and the current threats to the countries of East Central Europe from the increasing aggression in this geopolitical space.
Conflict Veterans
Returnees from wars and violent conflicts belong to their societies as much as any other distinct social group. In an age of asymmetric warfare and highly ambiguous profiles of combat, the veterans’ position is changing and is less clear than in the past. Veterans are either marginalized or considered a social and political precarity; their self-perception and identity are often burdened with uncertain return into their societies. This volume brings together experts on veteran studies from various academic disciplines. Their views present a variety of sociological, anthropological, and military aspects on the lives and environments of contemporary veteran cultures. Based on findings from t...
I Try Not to Think of Afghanistan
I Try Not to Think of Afghanistan includes photographs and commentaries from Lithuanian veterans of the Soviet War in Afghanistan (1979–89), addressing the lasting realities of war and its effects on those conscripted to fight. Unflinching first-person accounts give details of training, combat, and the often difficult return to society for military conscripts within the Soviet system. Anna Reich gives insight into the experiences of not only the Lithuanian veterans from the Soviet War in Afghanistan but also veterans from all countries who face similar struggles and challenges. For three months, Reich interacted with twenty-two veterans in their homes and meeting halls and throughout their...
Pflichterfüllung
Als die NATO-Truppen im Jahr 2021 aus Afghanistan abzogen, überließen sie das Land seinem Schicksal. Ähnliches vollbrachte die UdSSR mehrere Jahrzehnte zuvor. Zwischen 1979 und 1989 intervenierte sie mit über 600.000 Soldaten in Afghanistan, konnte es aber dauerhaft nicht befrieden, was schließlich zum Abzug sowie zum Sturz der damaligen Regierung führte. Den längsten Krieg der sowjetischen Geschichte bezahlten circa 15.000 UdSSR-Bürger mit dem Leben. Davon ausgehend untersucht die Studie auf Grundlage von selbst erhobenen lebensgeschichtlichen Interviews, wie sich ehemalige sowjetische Kriegsteilnehmer in Russland heute an den Krieg erinnern, welche Bedeutung sie ihm beimessen und sie als Gruppe versuchen, Anerkennung für ihren Einsatz von der russischen Regierung und der Gesellschaft zu erhalten.
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
This special issue provides a forum for discussion of Belarusian studies today. It seeks to go beyond the narratives of dictatorship and authoritarianism as well as failed Belarusian nationalism. Bringing together original research on Belarusian history, politics, and society, it offers new approaches for interpreting Belarusian society.
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society Vol. 1, No. 1 (2015)
The Russian war in Ukraine has been accompanied, fueled, and legitimized by an unprecendented information campaign. Russia's propaganda has been surprisingly successful in distorting the war and the way it is perceived and understood. This special inaugural issue of JSPPS launches an interdisciplinary discussion of the Russian war of information being waged in tandem with the military war in Ukraine.
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
The Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) is a biannual companion journal to the Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS) book series (founded 2004 and edited by Andreas Umland). Like the book series, the journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for new original research on the Soviet and post-Soviet world. The first five issues to date have explored a diverse range of topics, including: Russian media coverage of the war in Ukraine; the experiences of Soviet Afghan war veterans in transnational perspective; discourses of memory and martyrdom in Eastern Europe; gender and anti-authoritarian protest in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine; violence in post-Soviet space; and agency in Belarusian history, politics, and society.
