Conference by Ms. Aude MERLIN: Imperialism and authoritarianism: the Russian knot

As part of the UTLA conferences: Conférence de Mme Aude MERLIN: Impérialisme et autoritarisme : le nœud russe The massive invasion of Ukraine in 2022 by the Russian armed forces follows in the wake of a first intervention in 2014. Previously, two wars waged by the Russian army had devastated Chechnya in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. What place does the imperial drive occupy in the evolution of Russian authoritarianism? This is what this conference proposes to explore. Aude MERLIN is a professor of political science at ULBruxelles, a member of the Center for the Study of Political Life (Cevipol), a specialist in Russia and the Caucasus. She defended her thesis at Sciences Po Paris in 2006, on identity transformations in Caucase du Nord. After working very extensively on the Chechen conflict, she dedicates her research to the consequences of wars on post-Soviet societies, notably with research on the trajectories of combatants of the conflicts of Caucase du Sud, and also on memory and transmission. Conference on 12/11/2026, from 14:30 to 16:00, room Eugène Ysaÿe, Place des Chasseurs ardennais at 6700 ARLON Mandatory registration on the UTLA website: https://www.utlarlon.be