Politics

Russian influence in Central Asia is dead

It’s been a long time coming. Even in 1998, Geoffrey J. Jukes, Kiril Nourzhanov, and Mikhail Alexandrov, in an article entitled “Race,...

Neocolonialism or Responsible Developer: The Nature of China’s Identity in the Modern Era

500 years of European imperialism and a persistent Eurocentric streak within Western scholarship has tended to downplay one of the most...

Interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza: The Russian Opposition and the Legacy of Boris Nemtsov

Zach Johnson and Taylor Ham interview Vladimir Kara-Murza on the state of the Russian opposition and the legacy of Boris Nemtsov.

Review: Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin

I have never seen a cleverer title for a book than Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. The title encapsulates the essence of Stephen Kotkin’s...

A Kaleidoscope of Vulnerabilities: Real and Perceived Threats to the Russian State

From the initial days following the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin in May of 2000, the...

Dissenting Laughter: The Soviet Films of Comic Filmmaker Leonid Gaidai

The films of the King of Soviet Comedy Leonid Gaidai from Khrushchev's Thaw to early Perestroika.

Warrior's Spirit: White Supremacist Visual Messaging in White Rex Merchandise

Symbols denote belonging. Universities, sports teams, companies, and countries have colors and logos, and wearing these symbols is the...