WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY? VALERIA GERUS Children play on playgrounds, in parks, and in gardens. Children play at home, in their backyards, and in playrooms. Children play in schools with their classmates and teachers, at home with their parents…
CONTESTED REMEMBRANCE Legal and Political Challenges in Acknowledging the Holodomor MATILDA MOLODYNSKI STOKES In Ukraine, memory is political. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ongoing debate over the recognition of the Holodomor as genocide. Nearly a century later,…
UKRAINE’S MOST UKRAINIAN ARCHITECTURE DAN MALITSKYY What do we see when we look at Ukrainian cities? Soviet modernism. Imperial classicism. French Renaissance facades. These styles (borrowed, imposed, adapted) form the urban face of Ukraine. But is there anything beneath them?…
SOFT POWER An Opportunity to Engage From Abroad ANDRII KUZMA This article looks at how Ukraine uses soft power — things like culture, values, food, and storytelling — to connect with the world, especially during the war. Instead of tanks…