On the Newsstand:Russia

Joshua Lipson / May 14, 2012 5:27 pm

Saving Israel with Secularism

Israel is growing more religious, threatening its very cultural foundations.

Jeffrey Kalmus / April 7, 2012 8:54 pm

Joshua Rubenstein on Trotsky’s Revolutionary Life

"Trotsky’s logic had been, with the revolution, everything is possible."

Ken Mai / March 20, 2012 1:31 am

Election 2012: The World Votes

Citizens of France, Egypt, Mexico, and Venezuela head to the polls this year

Sabrina Castenfelt / February 4, 2012 1:44 am

Review of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Memoirs

The fact that Gorbachev is associated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union has made him a much admired man in the West, a near hero. His role is the reunification of Germany and the ‘liberation’ from Soviet overlordship of the remainder of Eastern Europe earned him a Nobel Peace prize in 1990. However in the much diminished successor state of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, Gorbachev is seen in a very different light. Thus a chasm exists in the perception of Gorbachev as a person and as a politician between Russia and the West.

Alpkaan Celik / January 29, 2012 1:24 pm

The End of the Dreams of a Generation

As men decide to walk only on Earth, it seems as if the dreams of an entire generation – to walk among the stars, to go where no man has gone before – are slowly falling into the ancient pillars of history.

Thomas Gaudett / January 9, 2012 12:30 pm

China’s Ambitious Future in Space

As China Announces Bold New Plans for its Space Program, the United States Considers the Possible Militarism of the Space Race

Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya / December 10, 2011 1:11 pm

China and Belarus: A Special Relationship

The People’s Republic keeps Europe’s last dictatorship afloat

Beatrice Walton / July 13, 2011 1:52 am

Numbered Days: Bailing Out Europe’s Last Dictator

Once a mark of his power, Belarus’ economy, now in near free fall, may finally bring an end to Lukashenko

Eric Hendey / June 30, 2011 11:36 pm

St. Petersburg’s Chinese Towers

The economic foundations of a new Sino-Russian "strategic partnership"

Marina Bolotnikova / June 26, 2011 11:20 am

On Being a Feminist in Russia

Are Russian women subject to patriarchal cultural expectations, or simply following a set of harmless social conventions?

Beatrice Walton / June 24, 2011 3:02 pm

(Sting’s) Intro to US-Russian Relations

Socially, relations between the U.S. and Russia have come an incredibly long way over the past two decades. Political relations, however, still have a long way to go.

Tyler Cusick / February 2, 2011 2:53 pm

The Internet Age and Revolt

Social media are contributing to the decline of authoritarianism worldwide

Beatrice Walton / January 28, 2011 1:46 am

Estonia: A Move to the Euro, and Europe?

When I visited Estonia four weeks ago, I witnessed the bittersweet, albeit largely temperate, passing of the kroon, Estonia’s national currency since 1992.  As I, and indeed most of the country, rushed to dump my krooni before Jan. 1st and the euro arrived, I nevertheless held on to a two-krooni note—a relic, no doubt, of a time that once was. After ... Read More

Tyler Cusick / October 19, 2010 12:08 am

A Friendly Reminder from Mister Putin

Russia isn’t even pretending to be our friend anymore. After suffering the embarrassment of having an enormous spy syndicate captured on American soil last summer, one would think that the Russian government may attempt to play it safe and appease America for a little while. I mean, having 12 spies unmasked is grounds for some serious tension, yet America seemed ... Read More

Beatrice Walton / October 2, 2010 5:15 pm

Ukraine’s Soul Search

Exactly eleven months ago yesterday I sat on a bus rattling its way through countryside on my way to L’viv, an artistic, cobblestone city in the western half of Ukraine. As I gazed out the window, I watched as petite houses dotted the rural landscape where old babcias tended their gardens and teenagers waited for the bus under graffitied cement overhangs. At ... Read More

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