Welcome to Chechnya
Guest: David France on his film Welcome To Chechnya.
March 5, 2021
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Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine
Guests: Valerie Kivelson and Christine Worobec on witches, magic, spells in their new sourcebook Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 published by Cornell University Press.
February 26, 2021
Conquering Nature in Sakhalin and the Arctic
Guests: Paul Josephson and Sharyl Corrado on conquering nature, settlement, and Russian expansion in the Arctic and Sakhalin.
February 19, 2021
From Soso to Stalin
Guest: Ronald Suny on Stalin: Passage to Revolution published by Princeton University Press.
February 12, 2021
Watering the Soviet Lands
Guests: Maya Peterson and Christopher Ward on water and the environment in the Soviet Union.
February 5, 2021
War
Treating War Trauma in Ukraine
Guest: Roman Torgovitsky on treating Ukrainian war veterans.
January 23, 2016
Russia, Syria, and the Jihadist Threat
Guest: Gordon Hahn on Russia’s intervention in Syria.
October 18, 2015
Putin’s Middle East Maneuver
Guest: Talal Nezameddin on Russia, Syria, and the Middle East.
October 9, 2015
Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis
Guest: Brian Milakovsky on the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas.
June 5, 2015
Questioning Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine
Guest: Michael Kofman on the myths of hybrid war.
May 14, 2015
Annexation of Crimea and the Destruction of the Russian Empire
Guests: Karl Qualls on the history of Crimea; Josh Sanborn on the destruction of the Russian empire.
March 13, 2015
Podcast: War in the Donbas and Mr. Putin
Guests: Christopher Miller on the Donbas and Fiona Hill on Putin.
February 12, 2015
Don’t Arm Ukraine
US Vice President Joe Biden is due to land in Kiev and one topic that the Ukrainians will surely bring up is whether the US
November 20, 2014
Is a Rebel Offensive Imminent?
War looms once again over eastern Ukraine as speculation floods the internet of a possible offensive by Russian backed separatists. There have been reports of
November 14, 2014
Ukraine’s Refugees
One of the hidden aspects of the crisis in Ukraine is the growing number of refugees internally displaced and fleeing to Russia. This is a
June 24, 2014