Section: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
“Make Sure He Did Not Die in Vain!” Pavel Sheremet’s Mother Pleads for Ukraine to Keep Fighting
The shocking murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet by a car bomb in Kyiv on July 20 symbolizes the incredibly complicated domestic political transformation underway in Ukraine and the country’s remarkably vulnerable international position. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
A “Trump Doctrine” on Russia and Ukraine?
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Lessons from Polish-German Reconciliation for Current Russia-West Relations
Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine have brought Russia-West relations to a post-Cold War nadir that neither side seems able or willing to escape. Europe’s past, however, may hold answers. Last year marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, one of history’s darkest hours and the low...
Film Screening: “Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine”
Exclusive Washington, D.C. Sneak Preview of Breaking Point, a Documentary by Three Time Academy Award Winning Director, Mark Jonathan Harris. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Film Screening: “The Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine”
Exclusive Washington DC Sneak Preview of Breaking Point, a Documentary by Three Time Academy Award Winning Director, Mark Jonathan Harris. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Putin’s Domestic Strategy: Counting the Trees, Missing the Forest
Russian President Vladimir Putin strides the world as the master tactician. In Crimea, eastern Ukraine and Syria, he seized the initiative and left his adversaries flatfooted and guessing as to his ultimate intentions. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Engaging the Arts for a Vibrant, International Ukraine
Jamala’s victory at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest reminded the Ukrainian political class of the critical role arts and culture play in foreign relations and their unique ability to promote national interests. Ukraine’s culture holds tremendous potential to counteract what many perceive as a growing “Ukraine fatigue” in the West. To...
Film Screening: “A Struggle for Home: The Crimean Tatars”
This documentary film tells the rich and often tragic story of the Crimean Tatars. It features interviews with Crimean residents, historians, survivors of the 1944 deportation, Russian nationalists, and Tatar activists. The film won Best International Film at the 2016 D.C. Independent Film Festival. Please join us for a film showing and a panel...
Kennan Cable No.16: Understanding the “Under Control” Donbas
After nearly two years of war, the contested Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is split in two between the Russian-backed “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk and the so-called podkontrolny (under control) Donbas. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Russia is Waking Up to the Economic Reality, Not to the Political One
To receive an email when a new post becomes available, please subscribe here. Russian society has been very slow to pick up on the signs of crisis approaching the country. Russians’ perceived wellbeing decoupled from their economic expectations about two years ago, after the annexation of Crimea in March 2014. A newly found great-power...
