In the first stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stories of Russian soldiers turning themselves in and becoming prisoners of war surfaced. What motivated these Russian soldiers to surrender to the Ukrainian army, even initially, when there was still limited fighting between the two parties? And how could their
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The forced displacement from bordering Ukraine towards Hungary seems to have all but evaporated a decade-long effort to build a fortress of Hungary by its ruling Fidesz party. How is this U-turn in refugee reception to be understood? Due to the government’s strong ethnopopulism and its narrative of ethnic inclusiveness,
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the largest migrations in Europe since the Second World War, James F. Hollifield comments on the European Union’s policy response to this exodus. He calls for a legal and orderly movement of people, highlighting the involved governments’ responsibility in developing and implementing
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Présentant les résultats de six nouveaux projets de recherche suisses, cette série de blogs s’intéresse au vieillissement transnational. Ce phénomène décrit différentes pratiques de personnes de plus de 55 ans qui traversent les frontières nationales, soit physiquement, soit de manière plus « symbolique ». Avec une population vieillissante grandissante en Suisse, le vieillissement
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The « Global South » is becoming an increasingly common destination for older people ageing abroad. Older men traveling alone to spend several months a year in countries like Thailand or Brazil tend to be subject to ambiguous social judgment, that is, they are often associated with condemned sexual practices in imaginaries,
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