On the Exceptionally High Circulation of "The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins"

An invitation to co-sign a collective statement by researchers of Eastern Europe

Dear colleague in the field of East European studies,

is there any chance you can also sign this statement? https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/04/28/8032087/

Your signature – following the structure of the previous signatures (degree and where obtained, position with discipline, main institution) – should be sent until 30 June 2026 to signaturescollection71@gmail.com .

Below is, for your interest, the list of additional signatures by 31 May 2026:

Gregory Allar, Ph. D. (U Michigan), Special Lecturer in Russian and East European Studies, Oakland University, United States

Vera Ammer, Dr. Phil. (Münster), Coordinator of Human Rights Projects on Ukraine, Memorial Deutschland, Germany

Martin Aust, Dr. Habil. (CAU Kiel), Professor of East European History, University of Bonn, Germany

Antoine Arjakovsky, Ph. D. (EHESS), Director of Research on Politics and Religions, Collège des Bernardins, France

Vincent Artman, Ph. D. (Kansas), Senior Research Fellow in Human Geography, University of Ostrava, Czechia

Dimitar Bechev, D. Phil. (Oxford), Dahrendorf Programme Director at the European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College Oxford, United Kingdom

Una Bergmane, Ph. D. (Sciences Po Paris), Research Fellow in History, University of Helsinki, Finland

Laada Bilaniuk, Ph. D. (Michigan), Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington, United States

Serhiy Bilenky, Ph. D. (Toronto), Research Associate at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Canada

Christoph Bluth, Ph. D. (KCL London), Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Ian Bond, M. A. (Oxford), Deputy Director of The Centre for European Reform, United Kingdom

Eliot Borenstein, Ph. D. (Wisconsin), Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, United States

Tetiana Boriak, Dr. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Research Fellow in Modern Ukrainian History, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Bill Bowring, B. A. (Kent), Emeritus Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

Stefano Braghiroli, Ph. D. (Siena), Associate Professor of European Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia

Thomas Bremer, Dr. Theol. (Münster), Emeritus Professor of Eastern Churches Studies, University of Münster, Germany

Olga Brusylovska, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Professor of International Relations, Mechnikov National University of Odesa, Ukraine

Oleksandra Buzko, M. A. (NaUKMA), Head of the Scientific Archive, Institute of Archaeology, Ukraine

Cristian Cantir, Ph. D. (Kansas), Associate Professor of Political Science, Oakland University, United States

Denis Cenusa, Dr. Des. (Giessen), Associate Expert on Russia and the Eastern Partnership Region, Geopolitics and Security Studies Centre, Lithuania

Mykola Horbatiuk, Cand. Sc. (KNLU Kyiv), Senior Research Fellow in the Theory and History of Political Science, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, Ukraine

Edward Hunter Christie, Ph. D. (VU Brussels), Visiting Professor of Defence Economics, College of Europe at Natolin, Poland

Leonid Chupriy, Dr. Sc. (NISS Kyiv), Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine

John Connelly, Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of European History, University of California at Berkeley, United States

Patrice M. Dabrowski, Ph. D. (Harvard), Associate at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, United States

David Darchiashvili, Dr. Sc. (Tbilisi), Professor of Political Science, International Relations and Security Studies, Ilia State University, Georgia

Denizcan Dede, M. A. (Başkent), Research Fellow in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Stephen Scott Douglas, M. B. A. (Oxford), Creator of the disinformation detection tool Disinfolklore.eu, United Kingdom

Mykola Doroshko, Dr. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Professor of Ukrainian History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Diana Dukhanova, Ph. D. (Brown), Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, College of the Holy Cross, United States

Alexander Ebner, Dr. Habil. (Frankfurt am Main), Professor of Political Economy and Economic Sociology, University of Frankfurt, Germany

Joakim Ekman, Ph. D. (Örebro), Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University, Sweden

Mikhail Filippov, Ph. D. (CalTech), Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY), United States

Geir Flikke, Dr. Art. (Oslo), Professor Russian Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

Angelos Giannakopoulos, Dr. Habil. (Dortmund), Professor of European Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Keir Giles, B. A. (UCL), Research Associate on Russia and Europe, Conflict Studies Research Centre, United Kingdom

Thornike Gordadze, Ph. D. (Sciences Po), Lecturer on the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood, Paris Institute of Political Studies, France

Gustav Gressel, Ph. D. (ZMNE Budapest), Senior Lecturer in Security and Crisis Management, College of Europe at Natolin, Poland

Igor Gretskiy, Cand. Sc. (St. Petersburg), Research Fellow in Foreign Policy, International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia

Viktoriia Grivina, Ph. D. (St Andrews), Independent Researcher of Social Anthropology in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Stephen G. F. Hall, Ph. D. (UCL), Assistant Professor of Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Arve Hansen, Ph. D. (Tromsø), Senior Adviser on Ukraine, The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Norway

Guido Hausmann, Dr. Habil. (Bielefeld), Professor of East and South East European History, University of Regensburg, Germany

Tereza Hendl, Ph. D. (Macquarie), Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Augsburg, Germany

Jonathan Hibberd, M. A. (Sussex), Doctoral Researcher in International Relations, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Aleksandra Hnatiuk, Dr. Hab. (Warsaw), Professor of History, National University of Kyiv- Mohyla Academy, Ukraine

Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik, Cand. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Senior Research Fellow in Social Research Methods, Institute of Sociology, Ukraine

Idil P. Izmirli, Ph. D. (George Mason), Analyst of Crimean Affairs, The Jamestown Foundation, United States

Ralph Janik, Dr. Iur. (Vienna), Assistant Professor of International Law, Sigmund Freud Private University, Austria

Hubertus Jahn, Dr. Habil. (Erlangen-Nürnberg), Emeritus Professor of the History of Russia and the Caucasus, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kerstin S. Jobst, Dr. Habil. (Hamburg), Professor of East European Societies and Memory Cultures, University of Vienna, Austria

Andres Kasekamp, Ph. D. (London), Professor of History, University of Toronto, Canada

Christian Kaunert, Ph. D. (Aberystwyth), Professor of International Security, Dublin City University, Ireland

Michael D. Kennedy, Ph. D. (UNC Chapel Hill), Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, Brown University, United States

Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Ph. D. (Alberta), Director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Canada

Ivan U. Kłyszcz, Ph. D. (Tartu), Research Fellow in Foreign Policy, International Centre for Defence and Security, Estonia

Botakoz Kassymbekova, Dr. Phil. (HU Berlin), Assistant Professor of East European History, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Roman Koropeckyj, Ph. D. (Harvard), Professor of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages & Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, United States

Oxána Kovács, Cand. Sc. (RAS Moscow), Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary

Oleksandra Kovalyova, Cand. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Lecturer in International Relations, New England College, United States

Nataliia Kovalisko, Dr. Sc. (Kharkiv), Professor of Sociology, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

Volodymyr Kovtunets, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Leading Research Fellow in Higher Education, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Ukraine

Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Dr. Phil. (Potsdam), Research Fellow in History, Federal Archive (BArch), Germany

Iryna Kresina, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Leading Research Fellow in Legal Issues in Political Science, Koretsky Institute of State and Law, Ukraine

Stefan Kube, Dipl. Theol. (Münster), Editor-in-Chief of the journal Religion & Society in East and West (RGOW), Switzerland

Bohdana Kurylo, Ph. D. (UCL), Fellow in Qualitative Methodology and International Relations, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Frederic Labarre, Ph. D. (RMC Kingston), Assistant Professor of War Studies, Canadian Forces College, Canada

Olena Lesyk-Laikari, Ph. D. (Helsinki), Associate Fellow in Sustainability Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland

Carl Larson, B. A. (Washington State), Co-Founder and President, European Action for Ukraine, Ukraine

Martin Laryš, Ph. D. (Prague), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic

Bidzina Lebanidze, Dr. Phil. (FU Berlin), Research Fellow in Caucasus Studies, University of Jena, Germany

Anthony Levitas, B. A. (UC Berkeley), Senior Fellow at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, United States

Mark Lipovetsky, Dr. Sc. (Ural State), Professor of Slavic Languages, Columbia University, United States

Oleksandr Lysenko, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Head of the Department of Military-Historical Research, Institute of History of Ukraine, Ukraine

Martin Malek, Dr. Phil. (Vienna), Independent Political Researcher of East European Affairs, Vienna

Joanna Karolina Malinowska, Ph. D. (Poznań), Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Julia Malitska, Ph. D. (Stockholm), Senior Research Fellow in History, Södertörn University, Sweden

Vitalii Masnenko, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Professor of Ukrainian History, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Ukraine

Jade McGlynn, D. Phil. (Oxford), Research Fellow in War Studies, King’s College London, United Kingdom

Athanasius D. McVay, H. E. D. (PUG Rome), Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

Stefan Meister, Dr. Phil. (Jena), Head of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany

Stefan Melle, Dipl. Mus. (Vienna), Director of the Dialogue Office for Civil Society Cooperation, Austria

Inna Melnykovska, Dr. Phil. (FU Berlin), Fellow in Political Economy and EU Studies, European University Institute, Italy

Oksana Mikheieva, Dr. Sc. (DonNU Donetsk), Professor of Sociology, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine

Marko Mihkelson, M. A. (Tartu), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament), Estonia

Gian Marco Moisé, Ph. D. (Dublin City), Researcher of Political Governance, Lisbon Council of Economic Development, Belgium

Margareta Mommsen, Dr. Habil. (Bochum), Emerita Professor of Political Science, University of Munich, Germany

Chris Monday, Ph. D. (St. Petersburg), Associate Professor of International Studies, Dongseo University, Republic of Korea

Oleksandr Movshuk, Ph. D. (Osaka), Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Toyama University, Japan

Myroslava Mudrak, Ph. D. (Texas Austin), Emerita Professor of History of Art, The Ohio State University, United States

Michał Murawski, Ph. D. (Cambridge), Associate Professor of Critical Area Studies, University College London, United Kingdom

Kari Aga Myklebost, Ph. D. (UiT), Professor of Russian History, University of Tromsø, Norway

Bohdan Nahaylo, M. A. (Manitoba), Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Kyiv Post, Ukraine

Eleonora Narvselius, Ph. D. (Linköping), Associate Professor of European Studies, Lund University, Sweden

Thomas Mark Németh, Dr. Habil. (Vienna), Professor of Eastern Christian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria

James Nixey, M. Sc. (Bristol), Senior Research Fellow in International Relations, Conflict Studies Research Centre, United Kingdom

Svitlana Odynets, Cand. Sc. (NASU Lviv), Research Fellow in Migration Studies, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Teemu Oivo, Ph. D. (UEF), Postdoctoral Researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Maciej Olchawa, Ph. D. (JU Krakow), 2022-24 Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar in East European Politics, Loyola University Chicago, United States

Marla Raucher Osborn, J. D. (UC San Francisco), Co-founder of the Rohatyn Jewish Heritage in Lviv, Ukraine

Margus Ott, Ph. D. (Tartu), Associate Professor of Complex Systems and the Philosophy of Religion, University of Tartu, Estonia

Olena Palko, Ph. D. (East Anglia), Professor of East European History, University of Basel, Switzerland

Olena Panych, Cand. Sc. (DonNU), Research Fellow at The Centre for Central and Eastern European Studies (ZMOE), Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Bo Petersson, Ph. D. (Lund), Professor of Political Science, Malmö University, Sweden

Kevin M. F. Platt, Ph. D. (Stanford), Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Ruprecht Polenz, Second Legal State Exam (Münster), President of the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), Germany

Peter Pomerantsev, Ph. D. (KCL London), Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University, United States

Liliana Popescu-Birlan, Ph. D. (Manchester), Professor of Political Science, National University of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Romania

Oleksandr Potiekhin, Dr. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Principal Research Fellow in International History, Institute of World History, Ukraine

Maryna Rabinovych, Dr. Iur. (Hamburg), Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Governance, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine

Jon Richardson, M. B. A. (Brunel), Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Studies, Australian National University, Australia

Neil Robinson, Ph. D. (Essex), Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Limerick, Ireland

Robert Romanchuk, Ph. D. (UCLA), Associate Professor of Slavic, Florida State University, United States

Maryna Romanets, Ph. D. (Saskatchewan), Professor of Contemporary Critical Theory and Literary Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Kateryna Romanova, Cand. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Deputy Director General for Research, Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine

Lada L. Roslycky, Ph. D. (Groningen), Managing Partner and Principal, Black Trident Security & Intelligence Consulting Group, United States

Natalya Ryabinska, Ph. D. (PAS Warsaw), Associate Professor of Social Sciences, Civitas University, Poland

Petro Rykhlo, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Professor of Foreign Literature and Literary Theory, Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Sebastian Schäffer, M. A. (LMU Munich), Director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Austria

Jörg Schulte, Dr. Habil. (Hamburg), Professor of Slavic Literature, University of Cologne, Germany

Martin Schulze Wessel, Dr. Habil. (Halle-Wittenberg), Professor of East and South-East European History, University of Munich, Germany

Oleksandr Shepotylo, Ph. D. (Maryland), Associate Professor of Economics, Aston University, United Kingdom

James Sherr, B. A. (Oberlin), Honorary Fellow in East European and Security Studies, International Centre for Defence and Security, Tallinn

Bohdan Shumylovych, Ph. D. (EUI Florence), Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine

Michael Sohlman, B. A. (Uppsala), 2012-2019 Chair of the Board of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Sweden

Ilona Sologoub, M. A. (KSE), Scientific Editor at the Kyiv think-tank VoxUkraine, Ukraine

Ursula Stark Urrestarazu, Dr. Phil. (Frankfurt-Main), International Politics Working Group Coordinator of the Green Party in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bohdan Stasiuk, Cand. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Assistant Professor of Translation, Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine

Ihor Stebelsky, Ph. D. (U Washington), Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor, Canada

Sergiy Stelmakh, Dr. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Senior Research Fellow in Central and East European Studies, Institute of World History, Ukraine

Tomasz Stępniewski, Dr. Hab. (PAS Warsaw), Associate Professor of Political Science, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Sergej Sumlenny, LL. M. (FU Berlin), Founder and Managing Director of the European Resilience Initiative Center, Germany

Makar Taran, Cand. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Associate Professor of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Mark B. Tauger, Ph. D. (UCLA), Emeritus Associate Professor of History, West Virginia University, United States

Serhii Telizhenko, Cand. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Scientific Secretary, Institute of Archaeology, Ukraine

Ihor Todorov, Dr. Sc. (DonNU Donetsk), Professor of International Relations, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine

Olena Tregub, M. A. (Fletcher School), Secretary General of the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO), Ukraine

Stefan Troebst, Dr. Habil. (FU Berlin), Emeritus Professor of East European History, Leipzig University, Germany

Benjamin Tromly, Ph. D. (Harvard), Distinguished Professor of History, University of Puget Sound, United States

Evhen Tsybulenko, Cand. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Senior Lecturer in International Law, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Taras Tsymbrivsky, Cand. Sc. (KNU Kyiv), Military Officer, former Associate Professor of Legal Theory and Human Rights, Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine

Milada Anna Vachudova, D. Phil. (Oxford), Professor of Political Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Robert van Voren, Ph. D. (Kaunas), Professor of Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Mariëlle Wijermars, Ph. D. (Groningen), Associate Professor of Internet Governance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Alexander Wöll, Dr. Habil. (LMU München), Professor of Central and Eastern European Culture and Literature, University of Potsdam, German

Elizabeth A. Wood, Ph. D. (U Michigan), Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Ph. D. (UMCS Lublin), Director of the Juliusz Mieroszewski Centre for Dialogue, Poland

Yuriy Yakymenko, Cand. Sc. (NISS Kyiv), President of the Razumkov Centre, Ukraine

Vitalii Yaremchuk, Dr. Sc. (NASU Kyiv), Professor of the History of Historiography, National University of Ostroh Academy, Ukraine

Alexandra Yatsyk, Cand. Sc. (Kazan), Research Fellow in Memory Studies, University of Lille, France