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Brothers No More: China & Russia Under Mao and Khrushchev
The differing interpretation of world affairs by Chinese and Soviet leaders not only revolved around contradiction in ideology and class str
Jiaheng Lyu
Jun 27, 20249 min read


Battle Without Borders: Cyberwarfare and the Russian (Dis)advantage
Gavin Wilde, senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment, discusses cyber warfare in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Samantha Parrish
May 11, 202420 min read


The (Grass)roots of Illiberalism: Contemporary Authoritarianism, Identity Projects, & Culture Wars in Europe
Dr. Marléne Laruelle, who is a historian at George Washington University talks about illiberalism in Europe.
Eliza Fisher
Apr 26, 202426 min read


Freedom at Last?: How the Informalities in Russian Orphanages Impact Children with Disabilities in Their Adult Lives
Executive Summary This white paper discusses how the informal practices within Russian orphanages negatively impact children with...
Ella Ponthier
Apr 6, 202413 min read


Jan Karski: Poland and the Second World War
Part I “I am marrying you ‘per procuram’ with permission of the Church, not because you are rich or powerful, but because you are of the...
Gloria Wang
Mar 30, 20243 min read


Surveillance, Liberty, and Privacy: A Conversation on National Security & Emerging Technologies with Adam Klein
Adam Klein, the director of the Strauss Center at UT, discusses surveillance, liberty and privacy.
Eloragh Espie
Mar 13, 202427 min read


Demystifying Cyber with Francesca Lockhart
TAYLOR: Hi Francesca, thank you so much for agreeing to be on this podcast with us today. So to start off, can you give us a little bit...
Samantha Parrish
Mar 1, 202430 min read


Darkness at Noon: Rubashov May Deserve Cigarettes, But Not Sympathy
In Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, Rubashov, an “old Bolshevik,” struggles between rationalizing the importance of the individual in...
Gloria Wang
Feb 21, 20245 min read


A Culture of Corruption: Seeking an Anti-Corruption Strategy for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anti-corruption efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are impeded by its decentralized political system, weak law enforcement, and...
Rebecca Echevarria
Feb 15, 202414 min read


Navigating Gray Zones to Improve LGBT Health Care Access in Belarus
This paper presents findings about how supranational organizations can engage with LGBT rights in Belarus through improving LGBT access...
Sam Parrish
Jan 29, 202415 min read


The Emptying of the Plain: The Comanche and Kalmyk Nomads in the Shadow of Empire
In January 1771, the steppes of the Lower Volga were filled with the sounds of hundreds of thousands of nomads and their flocks, all...
Nicholas Pierce
Jan 22, 202417 min read


What is Poland? Changes in how Polish Writers for the Literary Magazine Kultura Viewed Nationality
“A backward country inhabited by millions of superstitious, fanatically religious peasants.” This depiction candidly illustrates how...
Faith VanVleet
Nov 28, 202312 min read


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