The best response to President Erdogan’s aggression in Syria is to recognize Turkey’s century-old genocide of Christians and help the…
Robert NicholsonOctober 21, 2019
Over the nearly four years running from December 1940 to September 1944, the inhabitants of the French village of Le…
Marc LiVeccheOctober 2, 2019
While many aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war—such as the annexation of Crimea, the shootdown of passenger airliner MH17, and the creation of an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church—have been widely discussed by experts, the plight of religious minorities in occupied eastern Ukraine has largely gone ignored.
George BarrosSeptember 27, 2019
Russia has historically been a challenging topic for scholars. Geographically, most of Russia lies in continental Asia, but culturally most…
George BarrosAugust 29, 2019
While Crimea may not be returned to Ukraine for decades, Putin’s Kremlin will not last forever. Since the future global political landscape is unpredictable, America has the responsibility as the leader of the free world to provide clear and consistent messaging on issues of freedom and the rule of law. President Trump should know that in the long run Crimean annexation non-recognition will pay off, just as 50 unwavering years of the United States’ Baltic annexation non-recognition policy eventually paid off.
George BarrosAugust 28, 2019
The Republic of Moldova is entering a new era after the events of June 2019, with the rise to power of Prime Minister Maia Sandu, the first woman to ever hold this position, and an agreement of sorts between Washington and Moscow to support the political changes that have been taking place within the landlocked southeastern European state over the last two months.
W. Alejandro Sanchez & Lucia ScripcariAugust 20, 2019
Managing Editor Drew Griffin sits down with GWU Professor Samuel Goldman to discuss his piece in Modern Age on Finis Germania, Rolf…
Samuel GoldmanAugust 19, 2019
Deputy Editor Mark Melton speaks with Niall Walsh, the Western Europe analyst at Oxford Analytica. They cover how and whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will deliver Brexit by October 31, rising populism and nationalism in the UK, the possibility of Scotland becoming an independent country, problems with the UK Royal Navy, what a US-UK free trade deal might entail, how the UK is responding to the Iran crisis, and more.
Mark MeltonAugust 12, 2019
Fyodor Dostoevsky uses “Russian God” to refer not to European, or Western God, but to unique aspects of Russian Orthodoxy with its unique emphasis on sobornost’.
George BarrosAugust 12, 2019