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Virginia Thomson (far right) and student participants in discussion and Whom Do We Trust 2018 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia

Regional Agitations

Following the resolution of US aid for Ukraine, we journey back across the Atlantic to take the temperature in the post-Soviet sphere and...

Mariah Nimmons

May 8, 20244 min read

How do narratives shape our perception of this war? And in turn, how do these perceptions inform our actions and engagement, to real...

Mariah Nimmons

Nov 15, 20234 min read

Amidst news of Kim Jong Un’s impending visit to the Kremlin, the unveiling of a statue memorializing Soviet secret police founder in...

Mariah Nimmons

Sep 12, 20234 min read

Recent events draw our attention to the nations and peoples for whom the war is - if not in their backyard - across the street...

Mariah Nimmons

Aug 29, 20234 min read

Speculation that Prigozhin was a passenger killed on an aircraft traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow today has stolen the headlines...

Mariah Nimmons

Aug 22, 20234 min read

On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away in a Moscow hospital at the age of...

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Sep 1, 20223 min read