After the War: The Eurasian Covenant

We are proud to present our first Geopolitical Journal Issue.

Introduction: It starts with a war, but it’s not about the war alone. It’s about what lies behind it — and what comes after. The journal moves through conflict, language, power and place. It connects timelines and turning points. Not to explain everything — but to trace what matters. To make visible what’s usually hidden. Our focus is Europe. Ukraine is where the cracks show first. But the pressure runs deeper — from lost structures to fading values. From broken promises to new alignments. This issue is a map. A way to read the moment. A search for orientation.

Editor’s Note: The essay “After the War: The Eurasian Covenant” is the centerpiece of this issue. It outlines a possible future — not a forecast, but a frame. If you only read one piece, make it that. If you want background first, scroll through the Events Timeline. The journal is layered. No rush. Just depth.

Why this Edition: Because the shift is real. Europe is no longer on the sidelines. Because we lost some of our voice — and need to get it back. Because war returned. But peace will not return by itself. This issue tries to name what’s happening. Not with fear. Not with pride. But with eyes open.

The edition is composed of logical Sections where each article is a chapter. Let’s Read! And feel free to deliver feedback.


1. Foundations & Fractions

Framing the postwar moment — on narrative, strategy, and enduring stakes.


2. Faultlines & Reflections

Mapping the hidden cracks — language, ideology, and wartime perception.


3. Power & Projection

Between empires and alliances — how power moves, and how Europe must respond.


4. Human & Culture


Traces & Futures brings together the human perspective and the broader historical context.
It includes voices, places, and thinkers — as well as archives, outlooks, and resources.
This section closes the journal by looking both back and forward: how people live through conflict, and how we prepare for what comes next.

passerby

24 Hours in Vilnius

Baroque echoes, Jewish memory, Soviet scars — and a city that stands without spectacle.

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Books To read for summer 2025

A summer reading list for those tracing the fractures of empire, freedom, and the European condition.

Illustrations