Russia as a Regional Hegemon: Dr. Eugene Huskey on Linkages and Leverages in Central Asia

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By Nancy Pellegrino On Tuesday, February 24th, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed its second guest lecturer of the semester, Dr. Eugene Huskey, a professor emeritus from Stetson University and expert on Kyrgyzstan. His talk focused on … Continue reading

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Learning to Trust the Untrustworthy: Dr. Yoshiko Herrera on U.S.-Russian Relations

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By Megan Burtis On Monday, February 17th, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies kicked off its Spring Colloquia Series on “Russia and the World” with a lecture by Dr. Yoshiko Herrera of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her lecture, … Continue reading

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The National and Social Identities of the Russian Intelligentsia

By Zinaida Osipova Ideas of nationalism, nation-states and national identity made their way to history relatively recently, yet they have caused numerous military conflicts, introduced new ways of categorizing people, and led to creation of political entities based on these … Continue reading

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“To an ally and friend, from my country and family to yours”

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By Joe Margevicius I had been told to arrive early to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense because I would need to go through a security screening, and so I did. Upon arriving I called my contact and bided my time … Continue reading

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Living by History: A Week in St. Petersburg

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By August Hagemann This month, I had the incredible honor to spend a week in St. Petersburg, Russia, on a student research grant in memory of Dr. Karen Dawisha.  My goal was to begin examining how the famous writer Fedor … Continue reading

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Sizing up the Competition: Alternate Perceptions of the US and USSR during the Cold War

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By Avery Comar The Cold War dominates scholarly analysis of the post-World War II period, and for good reason. In the post-war decades, fear of nuclear eradication began to dominate the everyday lives of average people across the globe, and … Continue reading

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