|   | | | | SITE January 2026 Newsletter
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| | | | Welcome to the first SITE newsletter of the year - featuring new report, policy briefs and a quick roundup of January's event highlights. This month, we share an EBA report on Russia's influence in Africa (and a related policy brief on Russia-Africa ties), a new brief on Ukraine and Moldova's EU path, highlights from our January 19 event on trust, identity, and resilience in Ukraine, plus recent media and webinar appearances and a look ahead at upcoming SITE events. | |
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| | NEW REPORT |
 | | Photo of Maria Perrotta Berlin. The background photo was generated by an AI system via Shutterstock. |
| | Perceptions and Power: Assessing the Impact of Russia's Influence on Development Cooperation and Attitudes in Africa |
| As global geopolitics shift, development aid is becoming ever more intertwined with foreign and security policy. Aid does not only influence economic outcomes; it also shapes political preferences, institutional trust, and social attitudes. Yet we know far less about how aid itself responds when new geopolitical actors enter the scene, and what this means for both donors and recipients.
This new EBA report by Maria Perrotta Berlin (SITE) looks at Russia's expanding engagement in Africa and how it may influence both development cooperation and citizens' views. Using an innovative mix of geospatial aid data, public opinion surveys, and conflict mapping, it compares areas with and without Russian (and Wagner-linked) activity - and before/after their arrival.
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| | UKRAINE SOCIAL CHANGE |
 | | Tymofii Brik, Rector of the Kyiv School of Economics. Photo: Dominick Nilsson |
| | How Trust, Identity, and Resilience have Evolved in Ukraine Under Pressure |
| | What shapes social cohesion under extreme pressure - and what sustains resilience during war? On January 19, 2026, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted Ukrainian sociologist Tymofii Brik (Kyiv School of Economics), who drew on nearly three decades of survey evidence to trace how trust, identity, and political attitudes in Ukraine have evolved before and during Russia's full-scale invasion. |
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| | UKRAINE & MOLDOVA |
 | | Photo of Viorel Ursu, Moldovan Ambassador to Sweden, during the panel discussion "Democratic resilience, disinformation and EU accession" from SITE 2025 Development Day. Photo: Dominick Nilsson |
| | Ukraine and Moldova Press Their EU Case as War and Interference Raise the Stakes |
| | Ukraine and Moldova's push to join the European Union is tied to security, rebuilding economies, and protecting democracy while facing Russian pressure. A new policy brief by Anastasiia Arbuzova and Anders Olofsgård, based off last year's SITE Development Day, discusses what's helping the two countries move forward and what could still derail them. |
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| | | | Nuclear energy in Europe: Back to the future? (Webinar hosted by IAEE)
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| | | | Jan 15 | Chloé Le Coq, Affiliated researcher, SITE. Learn more >> | |
| | | | "Expert: Pressure mounts as Russia enters negotiations"/ "Expert: Ryssland går pressat in i förhandlingar" (EFN) | |
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| | | | March 31 | SITE Seminar with Pierre-Louis Vezina | |
| | | | April 12 | SITE Seminar with Jaakko Meriläinen
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| | | | April 15 | SITE 2025 Energy Talk | |
| | | | May 12 | SITE Seminar with Jan Steckel | |
| | | | May 19 | SITE Seminar with Inna Melnykovska | |
| | | | May 26 | SITE Seminar with Sofia Trommlerova | |
| | | | Dec 4 | SITE 2026 Development Day | |
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