Insights

A longtime friend and associate of the Center who was known for her work on the John F. Kennedy assassination, Priscilla Johnson McMillan, A.M. ’53, died July 7 at the age of 92.

The beginning of the Open Skies Treaty marked a new period of friendship between Russia and the United States. Its demise is the latest in a series of turns for the worse.

When the archives are closed, why not sit down, rethink history, and convene an international conference?

The reopening of channels of communication between the United States and Russia is an important, positive outcome of the meeting, writes Alexandra Vacroux.

The U.S. and Russian leaders should seize the opportunity to achieve greater stability, if not cooperation, writes political scientist Igor Istomin.

A new website from the Program on Central Asia facilitates research on the regions spreading east and west of the Caspian Sea.

Marvin Kalb, AM ’53, was awarded the 2021 Centennial Medal for his work as a journalist and founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Reflections on the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Soviet physicist on the centenary of his birth.

Disputes over alleged meddling are not merely rhetorical dueling between Moscow and Washington. Rather, they reflect profound social challenges and their destabilizing effects, says Igor Istomin.