... space program technology development national identity “India’s postcolonial leaders, regardless of political ideologies, have long identified technology and its mastery as the answer to endemic and structural problems of underdevelopment and poverty.” On August 23, 2023, an unmanned...

... or the Customs Union, and 13 percent did not answer the question. Ukraine Russia Ukraine war Euromaidan revolution national identity In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation”—the official euphemism for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The goal...

... and desperation. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 Russia Ukraine Soviet Union society wartime national identity The Russian invasion of Ukraine seemingly shocked Russia experts as much as anyone else. At home, it brought disbelief, fear, and apprehension to the majority...

... Ukraine Russia war institutions military legitimacy national identity “The success of the Ukrainian state in repelling the Russian military onslaught and sustaining its operations in the first months of the war grew out of the humiliating experience of 2014.” On the morning...

...Kjetil Tronvoll The civil war that erupted in November 2020 in Ethiopia was a culmination of several overlapping, long-running conflicts. The main conflict involves the nature of the Ethiopian state: whether it should be a unified structure reflecting a singular national identity, or a multiethnic...

... of a timeless nomadic culture but as partners in preserving biodiversity and stemming desertification. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 China Inner Mongolia environmental policy national identity minorities In 2020, late summer brought rare protests in China’s Inner...