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Prof. Popova appeared on the third and final panel discussion of the conference, entitled "Beyond The Horizon: Ukraine's Road Towards Post-War Recovery and Development", where she stressed, among other points, the importance of using measurable, "objective indicators" over mere perceptions when asse...

“Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States” by Maria Popova, Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, and Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, is the first study to attempt an analysis of both sides of the conflict in o...

Maria Popova, who is an expert on Ukrainian and European relations, explains what the European Commission is, what their proclamation of this November means, and what events have occurred in Ukraine leading up to this proclamation....

As Ukraine built a democratic nation-state, Russia refused to accept it and came to see it as an “anti-Russia” project. Putin went to war to force Ukraine back into the fold of the “Russian world.” Ukraine resisted, determined to pursue European integration as a sovereign state. These irreco...

Interview with Prof. Maria Popova, Associate Professor at McGill University by Prof. Stefan Auer of the European Studies Programme at the University of Hong Kong. Filmed following the 2023 ECPR Conference in Prague, Czechia. ...

June 25th, 2023 After an attempted mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position has been seen as weaker than ever, but is it the beginning of the end? The National’s Ian Hanomansing talks about Putin’s future with political scientist Maria Popova....

June 6th, 2023 Maria Popova, associate professor of political science at McGill University, talks to TRT World about the Ukraine conflict and whether Kiev is much prepared for its counteroffensive against Russia....

February 24th, 2023 A talk from McGill University professor Maria Popova, one year after Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine. Hosted by Professor Daniel Béland at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC)....

February 21st, 2023 Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago. This Kids News Explains answers some key questions like: Why did it start? What is each side fighting for? When will the war in Ukraine end? CBC Kids News contributor Saba Vahedyousefi discusses the war with experts Maria Popova and Julie Clar...

"Those who ascribe to the Great Powers view of history, may interpret the Russia Ukraine war as a clash of political cultures, part of a wider geo-political game; they may go so far as to suggest that such a civilisational conflict was inevitable. But this interpretation ignores the agency of indivi...