Over four sessions, we will work with a beautiful, highly detailed plan of Odesa/Odessa published in 1894. We will study the map’s structure and content and go through the process of pulling it apart (and putting it back together again).
Building on his prize-winning book The Return of the Russian Leviathan, Sergei Medvedev argues that it was not only Putin who started this war but Russia itself, which, by and large, has imagined and embraced it with enthusiasm, seeking to relive its own military glory and colonial past.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan George Krol will discuss the development of relations between the United States and the Central Asian republics from the inception of diplomatic relations in 1992 to the present time.
A prominent Georgian opposition leader, Tina Bokuchava, discusses her experiences and impressions, including thoughts on the role of gender in Georgian politics today.
Kyrgyzstan was long considered the only “island of democracy” in Central Asia, yet its future has become increasingly uncertain. Is the country on the brink of transforming into a Central Asian autocracy, or are we witnessing another cycle of shifting dynamics in Kyrgyz politics?
