Good Playlist: Eastern European politics ▶️ Petia Kostadinova - February 2, 2024 An Eastern European politics scholar offers a list of videos to help students understand the region's history.
Ukrainians are rallying global support via social media. But don’t call it a TikTok war. Jen Schradie - March 23, 2022 Here’s what my research finds
In words and deeds, Putin shows he’s rejecting even Soviet-era borders Daniel Treisman - February 25, 2022 His speech this week makes it clear he’s out to restore “historic Russia”
Putin’s fight with Ukraine reflects his deep distrust of the West. There’s a long history behind that. Henry Farrell - December 1, 2021 A new book explains the history of NATO expansion, which Putin wants to end.
20 years after 9/11, the U.S. is again in a great power confrontation James Goldgeier - September 9, 2021 The end of the Cold War scrambled U.S. foreign policy — and then 9/11 scrambled it again. Here’s what remains the same.
The dollar provides the U.S. with enormous power. Will new payment technologies change that? Henry Farrell - September 2, 2021 Europe and China will both find it hard to escape the dollar
NATO is about to launch a formal strategic review. Here’s what that means. Garret Martin and Balazs Martonffy - June 13, 2021 This week’s summit is about more than photo-ops and discussions of repairing the alliance.
Europe’s communist regimes began to collapse 30 years ago, but still shape political views Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker - November 11, 2019 Nov. 9, 2019, marked the 30th anniversary of the fall
30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, some former Soviet-controlled countries are dismantling democracy. What happened? Pauline Jones and Anna Grzymala-Busse - November 8, 2019 How did Russia, populism and ‘illiberal democracy’ creep back in?
When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, it shook up U.S. politics. Here’s how. James Goldgeier - November 8, 2019 Republicans have been divided on foreign policy ever since the Cold War ended.