Insights

Addressing the economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan demands that the Taliban and the West make difficult decisions, writes Fara Abbas.

Even when events and problems come along that seem dire and insoluble, circumstances can improve more rapidly than we expect, writes Mark Kramer.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s failed bid for the 1964 Lenin Prize speaks volumes about Soviet writers and Russian identity, according to Erin Hutchinson, REECA A.M., ’13, Ph.D. ’20.

Georgian voters are united around a pro-Western foreign policy, yet the majority views current political parties in an unfavorable light, writes Stephen Jones.

Afghanistan’s northern neighbor had every reason to close borders. Yet it was ready to build camps for 100,000 refugees. Now it needs international support to manage the crisis, writes Katrina Keegan.

Haley Bader, REECA A.M. ’20, reports on incentives and barriers to fighting COVID-19 in the Russian capital.

Beneath the admittedly icy surface of U.S.-Russia relations lie complex and discreet efforts by both administrations to lead a careful rapprochement.

In a five-part podcast series, Yelena Biberman and Zachary Troyanovsky explore the fateful events that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Georgia needs new citizen-based participatory institutions to ensure popular participation and control, according to Stephen Jones.