Sputnik V: International Success, Domestic Problems
Sputnik V, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, is not just a scientific achievement but a golden moment for vaccine diplomacy. Despite the initial distrust—some of which persists to this day—dozens of countrie...
15 Mars 202130min
Beyond Electoral Politics: Social Change, Not Political Awakening
Most Russians have long stopped expecting that any real change may come from electoral politics, a playing field tightly controlled by the Kremlin. And yet, a slew of recent, successful popular moveme...
24 Jan 202128min
A Poisonous History: The Kremlin's Fear of an Imported Revolution
16 Dec 202032min
Russian-Speaking Israelis and How They Changed Israel
Thirty years ago, a million Russian-speaking immigrants arrived in Israel. Overnight, they became one of the largest Russian-speaking communities in the world outside the former Soviet Union. Who are ...
7 Dec 202051min
Electoral Politics and the Role of the Media
The media environments in Russia and the US are almost mirror opposites. In the US, mainstream media can cut away from the sitting president on live television or poke fun at him in their opinion page...
12 Nov 202030min
Why Study Russia?
America’s universities and think tanks produce first-rate studies of Russia’s history, culture, and politics. And yet, the way Russia features on the U.S. political stage and in the American media is ...
16 Okt 202034min
Vladimir Putin’s Version of World War II
Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin published an article in a Washington, DC think tank publication seeking to explain to American audiences the “real” lessons of World War II. Why is so much of Vladimi...
25 Sep 202039min
Russia’s Military and the World’s Post-Arms Control Future
While everyone is preoccupied with the COVID-19, public protests, and electoral politics, the world’s three largest nuclear powers are busy modernizing their arsenals. They are doing this in a world t...
31 Juli 202035min
