The Master of Arts in Regional Studies—Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (REECA) is a two-year program that offers advanced training in the history, politics, culture, society, and languages of this region.
We are the only dedicated Georgia program at a U.S. university, advancing the study of Georgia, the South Caucasus, and the Black Sea region through research, teaching, scholarly and cultural exchanges, and outreach.
Come to hear four former U.S. State Department officials speak on key moments, decisions, and figures that shaped U.S. policy toward the USSR and post-Soviet states from the Cold War’s final years through today.
Four former U.S. State Department officials discuss the evolution of U.S. policy during the Gorbachev era and in the first few years after the Soviet Union ended.
The event and its aftermath enabled Yeltsin to expand the power of the presidency and restructure the political system through the adoption of a new constitution in December 1993.