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denkfabrik talk with Branimir Jovanović
In recent years, the Western Balkans have found themselves at the center of a strategic contest between the EU, China, Russia, and the US. Much of that contest happens behind the closed doors through grants, loans, and investment funding. What do financial flows reveal about the economic game of influence played by the Great Powers?…
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Ксения Миронова: Помогаем политзаключённым – Как говорить и писать о них, не навредив
В новом эпизоде подкаста denkfabrik мы пригласили Ксению Миронову, журналистку и основательницу проекта помощи близким политзаключённых. Она делится своим опытом поддержки людей, пострадавших от репрессий и рассказываются с какими трудностями сталкиваются семьи заключённых. Слушайте новый выпуск и читайте на транскрипт на английском и русском языках в посте.
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Tamara Kamatović: Protests and Power in Serbia – How students united the country in a struggle for justice and future
Tamara Kamatović – a researcher at the CEU – explains what drives the ongoing protests in Serbia and how students managed to unite a country in its struggle for a better future.
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Protests and Power in Serbia: How students united the country in a struggle for justice and future
For four months, Serbia has been gripped by protests. A tragedy in Novi Sad, which might have remained a local issue, has sparked a nationwide movement against entrenched corruption. Yet while the protests are often framed in the West as anti-Vučić or even anti-Russian, this view is far from the truth. What defines the ongoing…
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Встреча и дискуссия – Помогаем политзаключённым. Как писать и говорить о них, не навредив
В последние годы тысячи людей в России стали жертвами целенаправленного государственного преследования. Политзаключенным можно стать за антивоенную позицию, религиозные взгляды или из-за личных мотивов силовиков. Как помочь тем, кто уже оказался в заключении, когда кажется, что сил и надежды на перемены больше нет?
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Лекция и дискуссия: «Как выжить, когда кругом одна пропаганда»
Когда-то «пропагандой» называли листовки, которые воюющие стороны сбрасывали на противника. Теперь политики и журналисты видят её везде — в медиа, соцсетях, кино, книгах и речах оппонентов. Действительно ли живем в мире тотальной пропаганды? В этом нам помогут разобраться журналисты и ведущие стрима “ШеЗа” Илья Шепелин (Зомбоящик, ранее Дождь, Такие дела, РБК) и Андрей Захаров (автор…
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Stalin, Elections, and the CIA: The Difficult Rebirth of Austrian Democracy
Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I, Austria emerged as a fledgling republic grappling with economic hardship, social unrest, and a fragmented political scene. The fragile democracy of the interwar years, plagued by instability and ideological conflict, gave way to authoritarianism under Dollfuss and ultimately succumbed to the totalitarian grip of…
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Event with Jutta Sommerbauer – Life and Death in War-Torn Donbas
With the full-scale Russian invasion in its third year, the most intense fighting is currently taking place in the Ukrainian Donbas. Shellings and deaths there make the global news. Yet for locals, who live in a conflict zone since 2014, war is nothing new. How do Ukrainians continue to live in the conflict region and…
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Andrey Zakharov – On Putin’s War in Ukraine, Propaganda, and the Rise of Conservatives in the West
For much of the world, Putin’s war with Ukraine started with Russian troops attacking from all directions on February 24th, 2022. However, for Ukraine, this war began in 2014 when Putin captured Crimea and orchestrated the hybrid war in Donbas. Although much of that is public available, many of the details and their implications for…
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Four Tactics of the Russian Propaganda Machine in Social Media
We’ve grown accustomed to thinking that television is the main source of propaganda. However, in the world of digital media, TV hosts are not enough to control opinions. Propaganda has evolved alongside technology and actively embraced new platforms. How do propagandists use social media and adapt them to their purposes? In this post you will…