Working Paper Vol. 18

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led not only to the shift of real and mental borders in Europe but has also driven profound changes of geopolitical visions of the contemporary world and its economic, political, and social future. In which ways is Russia’s war in Ukraine related to issues of borders and identity? This interview addresses the many geopolitical, social, and existential questions about borders and identity in the current war, also analyzing the role that academia plays in this war. Border scholars Astrid M. Fellner and Eva Nossem have talked to three Ukrainian researchers: Julia Buyskykh, Alina Mozolevska, and Oleksandr Pronkevich, who share their views on the entanglements of borders, identity, and the war, as they try to make sense of the new realities.