Insights

Writing. Convening. Teaching. Training. Modeling. Experimenting. Engaging. Across time zones and international boundaries, members of our community are at work. Our “Insights” gallery is a multimedia guide to intellectual life at the Davis Center.

The Davis Center remembers our friend and colleague Padma Desai (1931-2023).

"More Russians have died in Ukraine than in all wars the country has fought since 1945 combined. But escalating repression and a culture of helpless disengagement have kept support for the war high," writes Sasha de Vogel.

Andrei Yakovlev thinks we need to develop a new socio-political and economic model for Russia after Putin.

The moment is ripe for the Central Asian governments to develop a strategic vision and reach formal agreements on energy, water, and climate at a regional level. What will that take?

What did it mean to be both Georgian and Soviet? Claire Kaiser's new book examines exactly this question.

Yasha Klots founded Tamizdat Project, a nonprofit public scholarship and charity initiative devoted to the study of banned books from the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.

Central Asian countries should capitalize on accessible Chinese resources in their pursuit of a clean energy transition, while continuing to diversify their renewable energy markets.

The Program on Georgian Studies and the Somerville Arts Council announce a new collaborative artistic project.

"Under Georgia's current electoral system, outcomes have led to a dangerous democratic decay," write Stephen Jones and Natalie Sabanadze in Eurasianet.