Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung in Kriegszeiten – die Perspektive der Osteuropaforschung

Abstract
How can peace and conflict research, security studies and social science research on Eastern Europe be better linked in order to satisfy the demands and complexity of the current global (in)security phenomena? How can these research areas be connected not only empirically and object-oriented, but also conceptually, and which theories and topics can be related? Against the backdrop of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, we diagnose in this article a 'speechlessness' between the aforementioned disciplines, which we propose to counter with a disciplinary analytical triad. We show how this 'speechlessness' manifests in the context of published social science research and discuss paradigmatic overlaps and differences. Finally, we reveal in which areas a systematically integrated perspective of conflict, security and Eastern European studies is not only empirically relevant and necessary, but also groundbreaking in terms of social science theory development.

ZIB Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Jahrgang 31 (2024), Heft 2, S. 120 -137