Russian Other, American Other
Guests: Dina Fainberg and Victoria Zhuravleva on the history of Russian and American mutual perceptions.
December 18, 2020
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Putin Kitsch in America
Guest: Alison Rowley on Putin Kitsch in America published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
December 11, 2020
The Wired Cold War
Guests: Ekaterina Babintseva and Slava Gerovitch on cybernetics in the United States and Soviet Union.
December 4, 2020
Grand Duke Alexis Visits America
Guest: Lee Farrow on Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke’s Tour, 1871-72 published by Louisiana State University Press.
November 20, 2020
Black Radicalism and the USSR
Guests: Meredith Roman and Minkah Makalani on Black radicalism, the Comintern, and Soviet antiracism.
November 13, 2020
Amerika
Rice scolds Russia. Will anyone care?
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been on a whirlwind press junket scold Russia. Here is a clip of her rhetorical spanking at the
September 18, 2008
Palin Talks Russia in ABC Exclusive
Update: I posted the entire interview. Russia comes in about halfway in. Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin finally sat down for an interview. Lo and
September 11, 2008
US Candidates Barely Mention Russia
The Democratic and Republican conventions are over. Thank god. All the political pomp, demigod worship, endless biographical tales, self-congratulation, repetitions of God Bless America, convention
September 5, 2008
The Medvedev Doctrine
On Friday, Tbilisi broke diplomatic ties with Moscow in protest to statements that Russia plans to absorb South Ossetia and Abkhazia in “several years.” Moscow
September 3, 2008
Is Putin a Closet Republican?
If Putin was an American politician, what would he be? He is conservative, deeply religious, a patriot, and strong partisan for Russian traditions. Given this,
August 31, 2008
Cold War II as Comfortable Shoes
A colleague sent me this cartoon from the 1 September issue of the New Yorker. It’s quite an appropriate addendum to “Loving Cold War II.”
August 29, 2008
Putin on CNN
So far it’s just a short clip . Hopefully, CNN will make the whole interview available. But this clip contains what everyone is talking about.
August 28, 2008
“As if South Ossetia and Abkhazia do not in themselves even exist”
The Ossetians are slowly creeping into view, though the articles highlighting their history, plight, and desire for self-determination are still relegated to the journalistic periphery.
August 15, 2008
Obamamaniacs on Russia
I usually don’t waste my time with babble but Daniel Silva’s “President Obama and a 3 am Phone Call about Russia” struck a cord. It’s
July 22, 2008
Discussing the “Dark Double”
Washington Profile has an interesting interview with Professor David Foglesong about his book The American Mission and the ‘Evil Empire’: The Crusade for a ‘Free
March 17, 2008