Publication

The articles in this issue of the RAD explore transformations of the Russian Studies field. Some of these were already under way before Russia’s full-​scale invasion of Ukraine but have been accelerated by the war and its impact on the field. The approaches identified here include the need for a thicker conceptualization of Russia that gives the floor to more interpretative methods and seeks to refine existing approaches; an expansion of the tools used to study Russia, including digital techniques and open-​source data; and the need for horizontal cooperation platforms to deal with the new Iron Curtain.