Insights

“Twilight diplomats” tend to make or break international negotiations, despite rarely garnering the acclaim of their more public-facing counterparts, write members of the Negotiation Task Force.

Democracy relies on a language of compromise and mediation; Georgia’s political elite, however, is fixated on “traitors” and “enemies,” writes Stephen Jones.

The Belavezha Accords, often overlooked in the history of the dissolution of the USSR, largely defy accepted narratives about the collapse, writes Yelena Biberman.

Educators gathered on the Harvard campus to synthesize lessons from the yearlong Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship.

At Commencement, graduates share memories, reflect on the region, and offer advice to future students of regional studies.

First woman to serve as Center’s faculty director will lead from July 2022.

Explore economic and ethnic variation across the Russian Empire on the cusp of the Great Reforms.

George Krol remembers an accidental leader whose brief political career mirrored the greater tragedy of his country.

Anxieties about children’s historical education have been co-opted by the Kremlin to marginalize political opposition and generate support for the war in Ukraine, writes Sydney Stotter.