Bøker av Tuomas (University of Helsinki Forsberg

Debating the War in Ukraine discusses whether the war in Ukraine could have been avoided, and, if so, how? In this dialogical book, the authors discuss nodal points of history in terms of counterfactuals and contrastive explanations, concluding by considering future possibilities.

This book focuses on Russiäs cultural statecraft in dealing with a number of institutional cultural domains such as education, museums and monuments, high arts and sport. It analyses to what extent Russiäs cultural activities abroad have been used for foreign policy purposes, and perceived as having a political dimension.