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Back to SearchThe Future of Vladimir Putin: A Discussion with Philip Short
Episode 36
President Vladmir Putin – the son of a foreman at a railway carriage works – is today one of the most powerful individuals on earth. What drives him?…
3 years, 10 months ago
On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s "The Brothers Karamazov"
Episode 59
The Brothers Karmazov is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s last novel. In it, he presents his ideas about culture, the human soul, and God, and he uses his charact…
3 years, 11 months ago
Agha Bayramov, "Constructive Competition in the Caspian Sea Region" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 34
The Caspian Sea region has hitherto largely been investigated from a New Great Game' perspective that depicts the region as a geopolitical battlegro…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Cold War: A Discussion with Sergey Radchenko
Episode 35
Are we in a new cold war? And if so, is the US up against China or Russia? Join Owen Bennett Jones for a discussion with Sergey Radchenko, the Wilson…
3 years, 11 months ago
Alexander Mikaberidze, "Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 13
Every Russian knows him purely by his patronym. He was the general who triumphed over Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Patriotic War of 1812, not m…
3 years, 11 months ago
How to Avoid More Damage from the Russian War on Ukraine
Episode 98
The Western coalition supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia has so far been thought to be solid and reliable, but there may be vulnerabilities in…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ofer Fridman, "Russian 'Hybrid Warfare': Resurgence and Politicization" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 205
When Russia occupied the Crimea in 2014, a term appeared called “hybrid warfare” to describe the doctrine and strategies of the Russian military. One…
3 years, 11 months ago
Daniel B. Rowland, "God, Tsar, and People: The Political Culture of Early Modern Russia" (Northern Illinois UP, 2020)
Episode 206
In God, Tsar and People: The Political Culture of Early Modern Russia (Northern Illinois UP, 2020), Dr. Daniel Rowland collects close to 50 years of …
3 years, 11 months ago
The Two Russias
Episode 22
In the late 1980s, Hollywood reflected the real world thaw in the Cold War by depicting the idea of two Russias: the cold bureaucratic state run by g…
3 years, 11 months ago
Sean Brennan, "The KGB and the Vatican: Secrets of the Mitrokhin Files" (CUA Press, 2022)
Episode 20
One of the greatest ironies of the history of Soviet rule is that, for an officially atheistic state, those in the political police and in the Politb…
3 years, 11 months ago