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Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 2 (2015)Guest editors: Felix Ackermann (European Humanities University, Vilnius) andMichael Galbas (University of Konstanz)This special JSPPS issue investigates the impact of the Soviet-Afghan war(1979-89) from a range of perspectives. It focuses in particular- on analyzing strategies employed by state and society for (re)integratingreturning veterans, especially in the face of new and very diﬀerent post-warsocial settings;- on the development of transnational veterans’ networks; and- on the role of Soviet Afghan veterans in ongoing conﬂicts in thepost-Soviet region.Submissions might include reﬂections on:•    the diﬀerent paths of Afghanistan veterans back to their home society;•    the impact of the dissolution of the USSR on this experience;•    strategies of economic survival and social integration;•    the long-term psychological impact of the war experience;•    present-day reverberations of these experiences in post-Soviet space;•    the creation and work of veterans’ organisations;•    conﬂicts between veterans and state actors over social rights;•    the development of a memory culture aimed at publicly establishing aparticular interpretation of the war;•    the development of transnational networks between Afghan veterans;•    the role of Afghan veterans in ongoing conﬂicts in post-Soviet space.Submissions will be accepted in English, German, and Russian.Abstracts (300 words) of proposed articles should be sent to the General Editorby 14 February 2015. Full articles will then be due by 20 April 2015 (forpublication in October 2015).Formal style prescriptions:http://www.ibidemverlag.de/info/Weitere-Informationen-fuer-Autoren-139.htmlCONTACT THE EDITORS:Julie Fedor (General Editor): julie.fedor@unimelb.edu.auAndreas Umland (Consulting Editor and German Language Editor):andreas.umland@stanfordalumni.org