Eurasianet

Vladimir Putin’s obsession with Ukraine dates back decades.

Restoring the museum as a mosque fulfills the vision of Erdogan’s favorite conservative thinker.

Already an empty shell, Russia’s Constitution now stands to become a fully fictional document, much like the Soviet version.

Why can’t Ukraine make it over the revolutionary hump?

A discernible historical pattern suggests Russians and Ukrainians differ in their attitudes toward state authority and revolutionary upheavals.

The likelihood that Turkey and Russia can establish a long-term strategic alliance isn’t high, argues this commentary. In part, that’s because both see themselves as empires.

Two recent commemorative events illustrate the long-standing Ukrainian-Russian church controversy

Putin’s Russia and Erdogan’s Turkey seem to be very attentive to matters of the “sacred geographies” of empire.