Call for Papers: Special Issue on Contextualizing the Russian Invasion of Ukraine The New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe Special Issue Editor: Dr Peter Zámborský (University of Auckland) The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has escalated the conflict that has been ongoing since 2014, when Russia occupied Crimea. It is important to see this war in multiple contexts. This special issue aims to examine the historical, political, legal, diplomatic, intercultural, social, economic, business and other relevant contexts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its implications for Europe, New Zealand and the world. The multiple contexts relevant for understanding the war in Europe relate to issues such as paradox and change of Russian cultural values (Chimenson et al., 2022), historical memory and information warfare (Pakhomenko et al., 2018), and narratives of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict (Koval et al., 2022). They have implications for a variety of important topics such as the European Union’s (and other countries’) strategic autonomy (Helwig & Sinkkonen, 2022; Marcin, 2022), economic policy (Astrov et al., 2022; Blanchard & Pisani-Ferry, 2022) and energy resources, markets and policy (Johannesson & Clowes, 2022) around the world. In line with our Journal’s aims and scope, we encourage diverse perspectives including multi-disciplinary studies, essays and commentaries, and seek implications that might be relevant both for Europe and beyond. For example, the evolving and possibly strengthening geopolitical fracture between countries aligned/non-aligned with the West (the United States and other liberal democracies) vs. Russia (and China) is relevant for countries in the Indo-Pacific region including New Zealand (Abbondanza, 2022; Buckley, 2022; Smith, 2022). How to submit: Submissions to this special issue may take the form of full research articles, essays, or reviews. The final deadline for submission is 15 February 2023, but we accept submissions on a rolling basis. Full research articles and reviews should be 5-10,000 words long (all inclusive), while commentaries and essays can be 1-5,000 words long. Please submit your manuscripts to Dr Peter Zámborský, the special issue editor (p.zamborsky@auckland.ac.nz<mailto:p.zamborsky@auckland.ac.nz>). You can also first send an article proposal (a title and an abstract of up to 300 words) to Dr Zámborský and he will provide initial feedback. Please refer to the submission instructions and the NZJRE style guide on our website<http://www.europe.auckland.ac.nz/en/publications.html>: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/our-research/research-institutes-centres-groups/europe-institute/europe-journal.html References Abbondanza, G. (2022). Whither the Indo-Pacific? Middle power strategies from Australia, South Korea and Indonesia. International Affairs, 98(2), 403-421. Astrov, V., Ghodsi, M., Grieveson, R., Holzner, M., Landesmann, M., Kochnev, A., Pindyuk, O., Stehrer, R. & Tverdostup, M. (2022). Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Assessment of the Humanitarian, Economic and Financial Impact in the Short and Medium Term. The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Policy Notes and Reports 59 (April 2022). Blanchard, O., & Pisani-Ferry, J. (2022). Fiscal support and monetary vigilance: Economic policy implications of the Russia-Ukraine war for the European Union. Policy Contribution 06/2022, Bruegel. Buckley, P. J. (2022). Corporate reactions to the fracturing of the global economy. International Business Review, 102014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102014 Chimenson, D., Tung, R. L., Panibratov, A., & Fang, T. (2022). The paradox and change of Russian cultural values. International Business Review, 31(3), 101944. Helwig, N., & Sinkkonen, V. (2022). Strategic Autonomy and the EU as a Global Actor: The Evolution, Debate and Theory of a Contested Term. European Foreign Affairs Review, 27(2l, 1-20). Johannesson, J., & Clowes, D. (2022). Energy resources and markets–Perspectives on the Russia–Ukraine War. European Review, 30(1), 4-23. Koval, N., Kulyk, V., Riabchuk, M., Zarembo, K., & Fakhurdinova, M. (2022). Morphological Analysis of Narratives of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict in Western Academia and Think-Tank Community. Problems of Post-Communism, 1-13. Marcin, C. G. (2022). EU strategic autonomy in the context of Russia’s war on Ukraine: What Think Tanks are Thinking. European Parliamentary Research Service. Pakhomenko, S., Tryma, K., Francis, J.A. (2018). The Russian–Ukrainian War in Donbas: Historical Memory as an Instrument of Information Warfare. In: Sayapin, S., Tsybulenko, E. (eds) The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. Smith, N. R. (2022). New Zealand’s grand strategic options as the room for hedging continues to shrink. Comparative Strategy, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2022.2057748 Peter Zámborský, Ph.D. Editor, New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe Senior Lecturer The University of Auckland https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/p-zamborsky