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.
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Putin has been noisily rattling his nuclear saber to remind the world that he has plenty of dangerous weapons in his arsenal, writes Executive Director Alexandra Vacroux.
With nothing left to lose, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets and raising questions about the future of globalization, says Davis Center Director Rawi Abdelal.
Russia has passed new repressive laws in an attempt to curtail the independent media and block the truth about the war in Ukraine, writes Yevgenia Albats, Ph.D. ’04.
Individual survival with a view to the Kremlin, not the defense of common interests such as sanctions’ removal, has been the oligarchs’ modus operandi, says Stanislav Markus, Ph.D. ’09.
Overstating the similarities between Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine today leads to a deeper misunderstanding of both conflicts, write Fellow Natia Gamkrelidze and Tinatin Japaridze.