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17/06/2026

The government in Georgia is pushing ahead with its authoritarian policies.

Anthropologist Ketevan Gurchiani explains the strategies it employs – and how society is nonetheless pushing back – in our ZOiS Spotlight.

ZOiS Spotlight 12/2026 | Ketevan Gurchiani

17/06/2026

Die Regierung in Georgien treibt ihre autoritäre Politik voran.

Welche Strategien sie dabei nutzt und wie die Gesellschaft sich dennoch dagegen stellt, erklärt Anthropologin Ketevan Gurchiani im ZOiS Spotlight.

ZOiS Spotlight 12/2026 | Ketevan Gurchiani

17/06/2026

Congratulations to our Director Gwendolyn Sasse, Einstein Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin! On the occasion of Leibniz Day on 13 June 2026, she was elected an Ordinary Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.👇

Announcement

17/06/2026

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unsere Direktorin Gwendolyn Sasse, Einstein-Professorin an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin! Anlässlich des Leibniz-Tages am 13. Juni 2026 wurde sie als Ordentliches Mitglied in die Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften aufgenommen.

Meldung

11/06/2026

Will Armenia's re-elected government's move towards the West instead of Russia create new dependencies?

Political scientist Anna Ohanyan reframes the debate in our podcast Roundtable Osteuropa: The question isn't whether Armenia will disengage from Russia, but about the terms of the relationship.

Listen to the episode: https://www.zois-berlin.de/podcast-roundtable-osteuropa/2026/armenias-election-between-moscow-brussels-and-its-own-path

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09/06/2026

📣 New publication alert!

Ever since 2022, a wave of wartime migrants and exiles from Russia have sought to contest its war against Ukraine and authoritarian regime through transnational activism. But, as findings by the ERDAM research network show, the relationship between exile and activism is deeply ambivalent. There is no automatic extension of dissent across borders. Activism in exile is marked by complex tensions–between empowerment and despair, hope and burnout, solidarity and disengagement.

In a special issue of Post-Soviet Affairs, edited by ZOiS senior researcher Tsypylma Darieva, ZOiS research affiliate Tatiana Golova and Margarita Zavadskaya, six articles explore how new Russian exile communities in Europe and beyond navigate internal challenges and their receiving societies.

📕🔗 Read the issue now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpsa20/42/3

🔎 The Emerging Russian Diasporas and Anti-war Movements (ERDAM) research network is based at ZOiS and funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) and Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt. Find out more: https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/research/externally-funded-projects/emerging-russian-diasporas-and-anti-war-movements-erdam

05/06/2026

votes this Sunday. After losing the war over Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, the country is looking towards Europe and the US.

In a new episode of our podcast Roundtable Osteuropa, ZOiS researcher Hakob Matevosyan hosts political scientist Anna Ohanyan for a discussion on how Russia is trying to influence the vote, what regional connectivity really means for Armenia's sovereignty, and whether a small country can truly shape its own future.

Tune in now:

With Anna Ohanyan and Hakob Matevosyan

04/06/2026

Kasachstan durchläuft derzeit tiefgreifende politische Reformen – die Zentralasien-Analysen nehmen sie in den Blick.

Im Fokus der neuen Ausgabe stehen die neue Verfassung, die politischen Hintergründe des dazugehörigen Referendums vom März 2026 sowie der Aufbau einer modernen Verwaltungsjustiz.👇

Verwaltungsrecht und -prozess der Republik Kasachstan: Lehrbuch. Band 2. Verwaltungsprozess der Republik Kasachstan. Allgemeiner Teil.

03/06/2026

Armenia holds elections on Sunday – and Moscow is interfering.

Since 2022, many Russian migrants have moved to Armenia.
Their views on the elections and relations between the two countries are at the centre of a new ZOiS Spotlight by Caucasus researchers Tsypylma Darieva & Marika Murgioni 👇

ZOiS Spotlight 11/2026 | Tsypylma Darieva and Marika Murgioni

03/06/2026

Am Sonntag wird in Armenien gewählt – Moskau mischt sich ein.

Seit der Vollinvasion in der Ukraine leben viele russische Migrant*innen im Land.
Wie sie die Wahlen und die Beziehungen beider Länder sehen, legen die Kaukasus-Forscherinnen Tsypylma Darieva & Marika Murgioni im ZOiS_Spotlight dar.

ZOiS Spotlight 11/2026 | Tsypylma Darieva und Marika Murgioni