Tag: Russia
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...
What the charges against Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos could mean for...
Rachel Caufield, Drake University
Five months into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of cooperation between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, Americans...
Why Russia thinks it’s exceptional
Gregory Carleton, Tufts University
Destiny calls upon Russia once more to face the West – or so Russians might believe.
America is not alone in projecting...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
