In November 2006, the Chinese public was held rapt by a 12-part documentary series titled “The Rise of the Great Powers.” Curated by a team of respected…… Read more “Has China Peaked Already? – NOEMA”
Tag: Russia
National Security Podcast: Great power competition with Ali Wyne – Policy Forum
In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Katherine Mansted speaks to Ali Wyne about why great powers compete, how China, Russia, and the United States are…… Read more “National Security Podcast: Great power competition with Ali Wyne – Policy Forum”
Putin’s Constitutional Tsarism | by Anastasia Edel | The New York Review of Books
… if history offers any lessons, this attempt at greatness will last no longer than the false covenants and official statues every autocracy erects, for they fail…… Read more “Putin’s Constitutional Tsarism | by Anastasia Edel | The New York Review of Books”
History Book Club
Inventing Russia: Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnic group, no true central identity. It has been subject to invasion by outsiders, from…… Read more “History Book Club”
Coronavirus in the Caucasus and Central Asia – Steady State: Russian Foreign Policy After Coronavirus – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The vast region that stretches from Europe’s east to China’s west is no exception in that it will not escape the consequences—societal, economic, and political—of the coronavirus…… Read more “Coronavirus in the Caucasus and Central Asia – Steady State: Russian Foreign Policy After Coronavirus – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”
How a Great Power Falls Apart | Foreign Affairs
To know how great powers end, one could do worse than study the last one that actually did. — Read on http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2020-06-30/how-great-power-falls-apart
The Putin Regime Cracks – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The pandemic has revealed a truth of the Russian government. Vladimir Putin has become increasingly disengaged from routine matters of governing and prefers to delegate most issues.…… Read more “The Putin Regime Cracks – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”
What is Geopolitics: from theory to practice
http://www.youtube.com/watch From a functional definition of geo-politics to geopolitics as a framework for STATECRAFT/POLICY-MAKING. In this presentation we proceed from a conceptual unpacking of geopolitics, to linking…… Read more “What is Geopolitics: from theory to practice”
Giving “Doctor Zhivago” Another Chance – Los Angeles Review of Books
WHEN MAX HAYWARD and Manya Harari translated Doctor Zhivago into English in 1958, it had not yet appeared in Russian. The novel, which traces the life and…… Read more “Giving “Doctor Zhivago” Another Chance – Los Angeles Review of Books”
‘Beanpole’ Director Kantemir Balagov: A Q&A
Kantemir Balagov explains the origins of his Russian historical drama, the best international film not nominated for an Oscar this year. In a couple of quick years,…… Read more “‘Beanpole’ Director Kantemir Balagov: A Q&A”
