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Guest: Edward Geist on Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 published by University of North Carolina Press.

January 17, 2020

Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia in the Middle East: Viewpoints, Policies, Strategies published by East View.

January 7, 2020

Guest: Charles Halperin on Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press.

December 30, 2019

Guest: Brandon Schechter on The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects published by Cornell University Press.

December 18, 2019

Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst.

December 7, 2019

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Andy Garcia has been cast to play President Mikheil Saakashvili in the upcoming film Georgia. I just hope that Garcia’s audition required to see how

October 19, 2009

August 6, 2009

In the last few weeks, Georgia has sprung back into the news. Protesters are calling for Saakashvili to resign as more and more people have

April 20, 2009

Updated: Trailer with subtitles. For those who are still confused as to the correct narrative of the Georgian War last August, Pervyi kanal will be

March 22, 2009

Feeling the pains of economic crisis? Can’t find a suitable place for expanding market share? Don’t fret. There is one sure fire way to keep

February 11, 2009

With Labor set to go down in flames in next month’s parliamentary elections in Israel, what is a beleaguered Ehud Brarak to do to pump

January 28, 2009

There are two new articles of note that concern the Georgian War and the low intensity media war against Russia. The first is Neal Ascherson’s

December 12, 2008

President Bush sent a gushing statement to Georgia on the fifth anniversary of the “Rose Revolution.” Bush said in White House press release, One of

November 23, 2008

The Ossetian War is now three months past, but the battle over the war’s narrative continues. There has been a turn around in the Western

November 18, 2008

The BBC aren’t the only ones still sorting out South Ossetia. Mark Ames dismantles the NY Times coverage in “The Cold War that Wasn’t“. Like

October 24, 2008