Edme Dominguez

Location

Annedalsseminariet, room 419

Description

What are the historical roots of Russian invasion of Ukraine? During this lecture we go back in history to try to discover why Russia missed its opportunity of a gradual transition to democracy like most of Western Europe. We try to identify the factors leading to the aggressive attitudes from the part of Russian leadership and bring forward the preconditions for peace.

Teacher's Background

Edme is an Associate Professor (docent) in Peace and Development Studies. Her background is in International relations, and her PhD on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Since the 1990s, she has been working on gender studies within IR, Global Political Economy and democracy and her geographical areas of study are Latin America, particularly Mexico, Central America and Bolivia. She has worked for several universities in Mexico, the US and Europe, and she is presently teaching as a senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. Her publications go from the areas of the Soviet Union/Russia's relations to Latin America to critical analysis of NAFTA and especially gender perspectives of labour organizing in export processing zones and international trade agreements, as well as issues related to citizenship and democracy. Since 2022 she has been writing and lecturing on Russia, especially regarding the current invasion of Ukraine.

Required Reading

Analysing a conflict- the Russian invasion to Ukraine.pptx

The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution. Chapter 24 Democracy aand Conflict Resolution

Bathon, Roland (2022). Why Putin’s regime is far from over. IPS International Politics and Society, Democracy and society. 17.11.2022 https://www.ips- journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/why-putins-regime-is-far-from-over-6329/

Bodarev Boris (2022). The Sources of Russian Misconduct: A Diplomat Defects From the Kremlin. Foreign Affairs, NY Vol 101, issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2022): 36,38-40,42-46,48-55.

Kendall-Taylor, Andrea & Michael Kofman (2022). Russia's Dangerous Decline: The Kremlin Won't Go Down Without a Fight. Foreign Affairs, 101(6), 22–35.

Suleymanov, Ruslan (2022). The Putin regime’s façade begins to crack. IPS International Politics and Society, Democracy and society 18.11.2022 https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/the-putin-regimes-facade-begins-to-crumble-6333/