In February 2022, the world was outraged by Russia's criminal war of aggression against Ukraine and prom-ised solidarity with the attacked country. But what did this solidarity mean in political practice? How did civil society actors and the public react and influence political decision-making processes in European countries and beyond? In 15 country chapters by different authors, this volume provides insight into the reactions, perceptions and public debates put forward by different social and political actors, while painting a complex picture of ‘contested solidarity’ that helps to understand why, even in the fourth year of the war, Ukraine seems far from achieving a just peace.
With contributions by
Sebastien Marcel Albert Adins | Mustafa Berkay Aydın | Alberto Bueno | Emidio Diodato | Sebastian Hoppe | Andrii Hrubinko | Akihiro Iwashita | João H. S. Jung | Suzanne Loftus | Justin Massie | Maciej Olejnik | Marçal de Menezes Paredes | Nicolas-François Perron | Luis Rosenfield | Tamilla Sahin | Cecilia Emma Sottilotta | Karol Szulc | Oscar Vidarte Arévalo
Sören Brinkmann
Attitude formation European Union and Russia Historical roots Mediale Kriegsberichterstattung Öffentlicher Kriegsdiskurs Political narratives Public opinion towards the war in Ukraine Public war discourse Russian interpretation of the causes of the war Russian political discourse Russian public opinion Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg Russo-Ukrainian War Ukrainian refugees War media coverage