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.
Russia’s been hit by a financial Cold War Robert Person - March 28, 2022 The Kremlin is juggling the stability of the ruble — and surging inflation
The U.S. plans to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty. That’s a miscalculation. James J. Cameron - May 24, 2020 The transparency of monitoring flights helps avoid military conflict
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.
10 years ago, Russia built a border wall, too. Here’s the story. Gela Merabishvili and Gerard Toal - February 13, 2019 Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the
Fifty years ago, American troops abandoned Khe Sanh. Here’s how the U.S. got over ‘Vietnam syndrome.’ Jonathan DiCicco and Benjamin Fordham - July 5, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75322" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In this Feb. 7, 1968, photo,
Is democracy really in danger? The picture is not as dire as you think. Daniel Treisman - June 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69748" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Attendees gather in front of the
Trump’s travel ban is built on a law meant to ‘protect’ the U.S. from Jews and communists Richard Friman - June 26, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60237" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protesting the Trump administration's travel
Hungary’s government is increasingly autocratic. What is the European Parliament doing about it? Maurits Meijers and der Veer - May 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57713" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators in Hungary protest an amendment
This is what the gradual erosion of rule of law looks like in Poland Monika Nalepa - January 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52816" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Opposition party Nowoczesna leader Ryszard Petru,
Muslim NGOs could help counter violent extremism Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar - February 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21380" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Islamic State militants hold up their
State of the World: Will 2011 be the next 1989? Joshua Tucker - January 26, 2011 I'm guessing that by now most readers of politics related