Tag: Russia
3 questions about vodka, answered
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Towards the end of Ian Fleming’s spy novel “Dr. No,” James Bond orders a vodka dry martini – “Shaken and...
Before Trump eyed Greenland: Here’s what happened last time the US...
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
Editor’s note: Reports that President Donald Trump has urged aides to look into buying Greenland make us...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy
Robert C. Donnelly, Gonzaga University
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford...
In Notre Dame fire, echoes of the 1837 blaze that destroyed...
Paul W. Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
In a city graced with remarkable architecture, the cathedral of Notre Dame may be Paris’ most striking...
Why are Russians so stingy with their smiles?
Samuel Putnam, Bowdoin College and Masha A. Gartstein, Washington State University
In the lead-up to the World Cup, articles appeared noting that Russian workers were...
Now that Russia has apparently hacked America’s grid, shoring up security...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
Hackers taking down the U.S. electricity grid may sound like a plot ripped from a Bruce Willis action movie,...
Is the growing Russia crisis another Cold War conflict?
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
A crisis erupted this week as Russian diplomats were ejected from European countries and the U.S., and Western diplomats were ejected...
How does an authoritarian regime celebrate a revolution?
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
“And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25, a little...



















