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.
In a new report, authors from our Program on Central Asia call on Astana to revise and strengthen its current decarbonization strategy. Read their key findings and recommendations.
In a concise new book, Mark Kramer, director of our Cold War Studies program, traces the fall of the Soviet-led alliance to a radical 1989 policy shift that stopped Moscow from cracking down on dissent beyond its de facto borders in Central and Eastern Europe.
Our visiting scholar Liubov Sulyandziga describes a panel cohosted by the Davis Center and Harvard’s Arctic Initiative, exploring how Indigenous diplomacy is evolving amid geopolitical fragmentation.
For our Program on Central Asia, retired U.S. diplomat Daniel Rosenblum recounts witnessing the end of Islam Karimov’s rule and Tashkent’s new focus on improving relations with its neighbors.
A new issue of our Cold War Studies program’s award-winning journal includes articles on Brezhnev, Poland, the BBC, Raoul Wallenberg, state-backed youth diplomacy, and a Cuba angle in North Korea’s ties with Vietnam.
In a new article for Demokratizatsiya, political scientist Nargis Kassenova, director of our Program on Central Asia, examines the region's management of its "Russia challenge" amid the contradictions between Moscow's neo-imperial practices and its anti-colonial rhetoric.
In introducing the latest issue of her project’s digital magazine, historian Kelly O’Neill pries open the treasure trove of stories brought out of archives by the humans who enter them, including our brilliant students.
An exhibition of works by Alevtina Kakhidze brings viewers into the intimate space where everyday life collides with military conflict. On view through Aug. 10.
