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War and Fun: Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience (WARFUN)

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Blog post | 2022

Militarisation, racism and Russophobia: What the war in Ukraine produces and reveals

Antonio De Lauri,Iva Jelusic,Heidi Mogstad,Eva Johais (2022)
(Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies)
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https://www.humanitarianstudies.no/militarisation-racism-and-russophobia-what-the-war-in-ukraine-produces-and-reveals/

This blog examines the hasty militarisation of Europe in response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine and points to the humanitarian racism and global rise of Russophobia exposed by the response to the war.

Read more:
https://www.humanitarianstudies.no/militarisation-racism-and-russophobia-what-the-war-in-ukraine-produces-and-reveals/

Antonio De Lauri

Research Director and Research Professor
  • antonio.delauri@cmi.no
  • +47 911 82 307

Eva Johais

Senior Researcher
  • eva.johais@cmi.no

Heidi Mogstad

Senior Researcher
  • heidi.mogstad@cmi.no

War and Fun: Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience (WARFUN)

Apr 2021 - Mar 2026
  • Humanitarianism
  • Conflict
  • Migration
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • War
  • Racism
  • Diplomacy
  • Militarization
  • Humanitarianism

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Restraint in war: Why Norwegian soldiers have not been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan

Heidi Mogstad

CMI Insight | 2025

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Eva Johais

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Zimbabwe’s shrinking civil society space: How human rights organisations altered their advocacy strategies

Godfrey Kanyenze

Blog post | Mar 2026

Syria’s delicate balance: Performative reform vs. systemic change

Robert Forster, David Jackson

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