• RITUAL DETERRENCE team at the ISA 2026 in Columbus, Ohio, USA, 22-25 March 2026

    The RITUAL DETERRENCE team attended the International Studies Association’s 67th Annual Convention in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 22-25 March 2026. In the project-convened panel “The Ritual Politics of Deterrence”, Maria Mälksoo, Cameron Hunter and Thomas Fraise presented their work in progress. Maria Mälksoo also served as a discussant for two panels (“Constructing Enemies and Allies:…

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  • Maria Mälksoo participated at the International Expert Group on Peace for Ukraine meetings in Tokyo

    Prof. Mälksoo participated at the International Expert Group on Peace for Ukraine meetings in Tokyo, Japan on 26-29 January 2026. The meetings were held at Keio University, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Institute of International Affairs, National Institute of Defense Studies, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. The focus of the working group meeting was…

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  • Maria Mälksoo presented at the symposia at Hokkaido University, Sapporo and Waseda University, Tokyo, December 2025

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo presented her work in progress on contested peacetiming in Ukraine at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center 2025 Winter International Symposium ‘Great Power Competition and the Survival of Small and Middle Powers: Perspectives from Eurasia and Beyond’ at the Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan on 4 December 2025. The full symposium programme is available here.…

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RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark