Forum
Learning from the Russo-Ukrainian War: Normative lessons in unnormative times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19213896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuliia Kurnyshova (0009-0006-5717-4804), Andrey Makarychev (0000-0003-4527-6978), Thomas Diez (0000-0001-8056-6693), Monika Gabriela Bartoszewicz (0000-0002-5372-8236), Aliaksei Kazharski (0000-0002-9782-7746), Shota Kakabadze (0000-0002-6246-8165) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00108367261424467 |
| OpenAlex | W7155527921 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
This Forum discusses how different international actors learn different lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and how the logics discernible behind these lessons may define the future shapes of a new international order to substitute the post-1991 system of international relations. In this Forum, a group of scholars discuss the lessons learned from the perspective of Europe’s normative credentials, demonstrating tensions between idea(l)s of liberal normativity and practices of security governance. Together, these contributions suggest that contemporary security challenges require not merely new applications of existing theories, but fundamental reconsideration of how protection, threat identification, and institutional adaptation operate under war conditions. They point towards a research agenda focused on understanding when and why security governance produces its own contradictions, and what this means for both theoretical development and policy practice. With all the different interpretations in mind, what unites all the contributions to this Forum is the connection between lesson learning and agency that is built on this cognitive basis and defines where international actors stand regarding issues of normativity and security
Agency (philosophy) · Corporate governance · Global governance · International relations · International security · Normative · Order (exchange) · Perspective (graphical) · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Global Security and Public Health · Peacebuilding and International Security
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Fifth Generation Warfare, Hybrid Warfare, and Gray Zone Conflict
European Union as normative power in the Ukrainian–Russian conflict
The Myth of Madness
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Constitutional Amendments, Democratic Resilience, and the Threat of Political Regime Change
Foucault’s Legacy
Europe's others and the return of geopolitics
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The Missing Scale
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Chains of insecurities
Normative power as hegemony
Europe as a Discursive Battleground
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Chronopolitics
Normative Power Europe
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Why the EU is a geopolitical power
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Securitization and Risk at the EU Border
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
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Securitization as political theory
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |