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August 2018 Issue of Newsnet
August 2018 • v. 57, n. 4 NewsNet News of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies When the East Tries to Become the West Lynn M. Tesser, Marine Corps University Following the example of Anna Grzymala- best court external forces.4 Greek expatriate activists and Busse’s President’s Address at last year’s convention, this Philhellenes more genuinely advocated for recognition of article considers the 2018 Annual Convention theme of a European nation-state centered on the reconstruction “Performance” by comparing the incomparable.1 I examine of Ancient Hellas,5 thus illustrating Chip Gagnon’s claim the two major Western-centric efforts at “Europeanizing” that major powers, which facilitated the international the East: attempts to establish institutions, policies, and recognition of an area’s independence and sovereignty, practices associated, first, with the modern nation-state shaped nationalist discourse towards demonstrating the concept, and second, with the European Union (EU). Both existence of a territorially-based, linguistically-defined inspired certain performances from eastern elites, whether nation.6 as nationalists, Europeans, or both, potentially altering Following the defeat of Napoleon and European values and identities. Comparing these periods explains governments’ move towards or enhancement of why scholars tend to underestimate the retrenchment of authoritarianism, the Greek campaign channeled liberal-democracy after the “return to Europe.” unfulfilled desires for political liberalism and constitutional The first major application of the modern nation- government across Europe even though most inhabitants state concept in the East began with recognition of Greece of the incipient Greece showed little appetite for liberalism.7 in 1830 – the inaugural state recognized for a specific Major powers initially categorized the Greek rebellion as people.2 Yet few Greeks on the Peloponnese or nearby a liberal revolt comparable to the 1820-21 rebellions in areas wanted a nation-state. -
October Newsnet
October 2018 • v. 57, n. 5 NewsNet News of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Celebrating ASEEES: Reflections on the 1980s Ellen Mickiewicz, Duke University As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of our organization’s new and different system? What were we to make of the founding and the 50th Convention, we take time to reflect stops and starts, the halting changes of direction, and on our history through the eyes of four AAASS/ASEEES the obvious internal disagreements among the Soviet Past Presidents. Union’s political elite? Gorbachev’s program of reform, perestroika, sparked a good deal of disagreement in the AAASS brought into one professional organization West about what exactly it entailed, and if the Soviet scholars and policy makers working on issues related to leader had eventual democracy in mind or just limited the Soviet Union and beyond, including the then-Soviet- production improvements or a step-wise change that got dominated countries of Eastern, Central and South out of hand and roared ahead once controls were loosened. Europe. We were (and continue to be) affiliated and The Red Army withdrew from Afghanistan, and Soviet unaffiliated scholars, policy makers, media practitioners television for the first time characterized the conflict as and critics, and more. We included all relevant disciplines a “war” instead of a foreign aid mission to build schools. and added emerging ones. I became president in 1988, Television news had not showed the war and even was during turbulent years inside our organization and in the prohibited from letting the black smoke of bombs be world. -
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Transcript 20 Years On: Perspectives on the Fall of the Soviet Union Sir Rodric Braithwaite, GCMG British Ambassador to the Soviet Union and subsequently to the Russian Federation (1988- 92) and Chairman, UK Joint Intelligence Committee (1992-93) Ambassador Jack Matlock US Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-91) and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1983-86) Chair: John Lloyd Contributing Editor, Financial Times and Director of Journalism, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford 3 November 2011 The views expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of Chatham House, its staff, associates or Council. Chatham House is independent and owes no allegiance to any government or to any political body. It does not take institutional positions on policy issues. This document is issued on the understanding that if any extract is used, the author(s)/ speaker(s) and Chatham House should be credited, preferably with the date of the publication or details of the event. Where this document refers to or reports statements made by speakers at an event every effort has been made to provide a fair representation of their views and opinions, but the ultimate responsibility for accuracy lies with this document’s author(s). The published text of speeches and presentations may differ from delivery. Transcript: 20 Years On: Perspectives on the Fall of the Soviet Union John Lloyd: Good evening, and welcome to this session. My name is John Lloyd, I’m a contributing editor to the Financial Times; more to the point, twenty years ago I was the bureau chief for the Financial Times in Moscow. -
Gorbachev and Thatcher
31 Gorbachev and Thatcher Witness Remarks Rodic BRAITHWAITE Thatcher played a significant but limited role in East-West relations in the last decade of the Soviet Union. She had her own vision of how East-West relations should be shaped.1 She was not prepared to accept the status quo, and she was one of the first Western politicians to give public support for liberal change in Eastern Europe. In the 1980s she played an important role in reopening up communications with the Soviet Union at a time when they were in difficulty. But the serious negotiation of change was conducted not by her, but by the American President and the German Chancellor.2 Thatcher comes to power In the late 1970s detente between the Soviet Union and the West began to unravel, and tension increased markedly. This was the dominating thought in Thatcher’s mind when she became Prime Minister in May 1979. She believed that the balance of power between East and West had been seriously altered by the Soviet military build-up and the failure of the West, and especially Britain, to match it.3 1. Sir Rodric Braithwaite is a writer and former British Ambassador in Moscow during the fall of the Soviet Union (1988-1992). His diplomatic career included posts in Jakarta, Warsaw, Moscow, Rome, Brussels (European Union) and Washington and a number of positions at the Foreign and Common- wealth Office. He was Prime Minister’s foreign policy adviser and Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (1992/93), was awarded the GCMG in 1994 and knighted in 1988. -
Annual Report of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes for 2008
Annual Report 2009Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Contents A few words of introduction from the chairwoman of the Institute Council............................. 4 A few words of introduction from the Institute’s Director............................................................ 5 Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.................................................... 6 1. Activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.............................................. 7 Thematic focal points approved by the Council............................................................................... 7 Research, scholarly investigation and documentation activities............................................ 9 1. Research projects................................................................................................. 10 2. Documentation projects...................................................................................... 14 Educational, exhibition and publication activities................................................................. 18 1. Educational activities......................................................................................... 18 2. Overview of conferences, symposia and seminars held in 2009.................... 21 3. Series of public history seminars....................................................................... 22 Exhibition and publication activities, communication platforms and education on civic responsibility.............................................................................................................................. -
KENNAN INSTITUTE Annual Report 2005–2006
2005 2006 KENNAN INSTITUTE KENNAN INST I TUTE Annual Report KENN A N I N S T I TUTE KENNAN INSTITUTE Annual Report 2005–2006 Kennan Institute Annual Report 2005–2006 KENNAN INSTITUTE KENNAN INSTITUTE KENNAN INSTITUTE Also employed at the Kennan RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Woodrow Wilson International Center Institute during the 2005-06 2005–2006 for Scholars program year: Leeza Arkhangelskaya, Justin Caton, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza Erin Trouth Hofmann, Program Assistant Ariana Curtis, Sheila Dawes, Andrei 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Doohovskoy, Emily Gee, Marina Isupov, Washington, DC 20004-3027 KENNAN MOSCOW PROJECT Jeffrey Jackson, Munir Elahi Jawed, Galina Levina, Program Manager Kristin Kadar, Stergos Kaloudis, Anna Tel (202) 691-4100 Ekaterina Alekseeva, Program Manager Kolev, Alexander Kontor, Maxim Fax (202) 691-4247 and Editor Leyzerovich, Amy Liedy, Christina Ling, www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan Irina Petrova, Office Manager Timothy McDonnell, Vlada Musayelova, Pavel Korolev, Program Officer Kimberly Painter, Rickita Perry, Katherine KENNAN INSTITUTE STAFF Anna Toker, Accountant Pruess, Talya Vatman, Alexei Voronin, Blair A. Ruble, Director Murad Pateev, Technical Support Kristina Wyatt, Oliya Zamaray Margaret Paxson, Senior Associate Summer Brown, Program Specialist KENNAN KYIV PROJECT F. Joseph Dresen, Program Associate Yaroslav Pylynskyi, Project Manager Jennifer Giglio, Program Associate Nataliya Samozvanova, Office Manager Renata Kosc-Harmatiy, Program Associate Markian Dobczansky, Editorial Assistant Edita Krunkaityte, Program Assistant Megan Yasenchak, Program Assistant 2 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars CONTENTS OVERVIEW 3 DIRECTOR’S REVIEW 5 ADVISORY COUNCILS 0 KENNAN COUNCIL 11 SCHOLARS 3 CASE PROGRAM 2 MEETINGS 26 PUBLICATIONS 58 FUNDING 66 Unless otherwise noted, photographs for this report were provided by William Craft Brumfield, photographer and Professor of Slavic Languages at Tulane University. -
The Soviet Collapse and the Charm of Hindsight 75
The Soviet Collapse and the Charm of Hindsight 75 Chapter 4 The Soviet Collapse and the Charm of Hindsight Rodric Braithwaite Those on the spot always get some things wrong: memory later be- trays them. Those who subsequently try to disentangle the story always miss part of the context. In politics, perceptions and emotions are as important as reason. The theme of what follows is that we cannot un- derstand the causes and consequences of the Soviet collapse unless we take every account of its deep roots in the past and the strong emotions that accompanied it. It is of course imprudent, or even impertinent, for foreigners to pontificate about how “most Russians” think or feel. But it is an essential part of the story. In this deliberately personal account I attempt to recreate how the collapse looked to me at the time and in the aftermath, drawing on a detailed diary, my reporting to London, and on later writings. I. How it Looked at the Time A Kind of Democracy Poland shows the way I witnessed two attempts to bring a kind of democracy to the com- munist world. The Polish experiment of the late 1950s and the Soviet experiment of the late 1980s are now largely forgotten or ignored. Both are significant for the history of the time, and for an understanding of the events of today. In October 1956 the Poles expelled their Soviet advisers, abolished the collective farms, allowed people to travel abroad, and gave a de- gree of freedom to the press. They were encouraged by Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin, and driven by a combination of patriotism, a 75 76 exiting the cold war, entering a new world liberal faction inside the Party, and an alliance between students and workers. -
June 2019 Newsnet
NewsNet News of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies June 2019 v. 59, n. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Who’s Laughing Now?: What Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2 Presidential Win May Mean for Ukraine Studies War on the Academy: The Hungarian Government’s 8 Crackdown on Research Freedom 14 2019 Research Grant Recipients Cohen-Tucker Dissertation 16 Research Fellowship Recipients 21st-Century Approaches to 18 Copyright Law 22 Affiliate Group News 24 Publications 28 Personages 29 In Memoriam 30 Institutional Member News Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) 203C Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 tel.: 412-648-9911 • fax: 412-648-9815 www.aseees.org ASEEES Staff Executive Director: Lynda Park 412-648-9788, [email protected] NewsNet Editor & Program Coordinator: Trevor Erlacher 412-648-7403, [email protected] Communications Coordinator: Mary Arnstein 412-648-9809, [email protected] Membership Coordinator: Sean Caulfield 412-648-9911, [email protected] Convention Manager: Margaret Manges 412-648-4049, [email protected] Financial Support: Roxana Palomino 412-648-4049, [email protected] Who’s Laughing Now?: WHAT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY’S PRESIDENTIAL WIN MAY MEAN FOR UKRAINE STUDIES William Jay Risch GEORGIA COLLEGE It was not supposed to happen this way in Ukraine. Comedian and entertainer Volodymyr Zelensky, a man with no political experience whatsoever, defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, a prominent figure in Ukrainian politics for the past two decades. He won despite Ukraine being five years in a hybrid war with Russia that has cost at least 13,000 lives by late February 2019 and has led to as many as 1.8 million people still being registered as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as of July 2018.1 It was not a defeat. -
How Spies Think – Spy Chief David Omand
How Spies Think – Spy Chief David Omand Tuesday, November 24, 2020 TRT (Total Running Time): 1:01:12 ANDREW HAMMOND: Hi, and welcome to SpyCast from the secret files of the International spy Museum in Washington, DC. I'm Dr. Andrew Hammond, the museum's historian and curator. Every week, SpyCast brings you interesting conversations from authors, scholars and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns email us at [email protected]. That’s [email protected]. Also, if you like what you hear, and even if you don't, please take a minute to review us on iTunes or whatever platform you may be listening from. We're always looking for ways to make SpyCast better and you can help. ANDREW HAMMOND: Welcome to this week's edition of SpyCast. This week we're looking at “How Spies Think” and we're doing so with Sir David Omand. So, I'm really pleased that I got the opportunity to speak to David because a professor of my graduate school, said that he was the smartest person whom he had ever met. And he had met a lot of smart people, he had done his PhD at Cambridge. Another endorsement for Sir David comes from Rodric Braithwaite. So, Sir Rodric was the last British ambassador to the former Soviet Union, and he said that there is no one more qualified to speak about British intelligence than David Omand. DAVID OMAND: In 1969, I graduated from Cambridge University. I decided not to pursue an academic career with getting a doctorate. -
Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular
‘A unique, exceptional volume of compelling, thoughtful, and informative essays on the subjects of irregular warfare, counter-insurgency, and counter-terrorism – endeavors that will, unfortunately, continue to be unavoidable and necessary, even as the U.S. and our allies and partners shift our focus to Asia and the Pacific in an era of renewed great power rivalries. The co-editors – the late Michael Sheehan, a brilliant comrade in uniform and beyond, Liam Collins, one of America’s most talented and accomplished special operators and scholars on these subjects, and Erich Marquardt, the founding editor of the CTC Sentinel – have done a masterful job of assembling the works of the best and brightest on these subjects – subjects that will continue to demand our attention, resources, and commitment.’ General (ret.) David Petraeus, former Commander of the Surge in Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and former Director of the CIA ‘Terrorism will continue to be a featured security challenge for the foreseeable future. We need to be careful about losing the intellectual and practical expertise hard-won over the last twenty years. This handbook, the brainchild of my late friend and longtime counter-terrorism expert Michael Sheehan, is an extraordinary resource for future policymakers and CT practitioners who will grapple with the evolving terrorism threat.’ General (ret.) Joseph Votel, former commander of US Special Operations Command and US Central Command ‘This volume will be essential reading for a new generation of practitioners and scholars. Providing vibrant first-hand accounts from experts in counterterrorism and irregular warfare, from 9/11 until the present, this book presents a blueprint of recent efforts and impending challenges. -
The United States and the NATO Non-Extension Assurances of 1990
The United States and the NATO Non-extension Assurances of 1990: New Light on an Old Problem? Marc Trachtenberg UCLA Political Science Department Posted November 25, 2020 More than thirty years have gone by since U.S. Secretary of State James Baker assured Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in February 1990 that if Germany remained part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after reunification and if the United States “maintained a presence” in that country, “there would be no extension” of NATO’s jurisdiction “one inch to the east.”1 NATO, of course, later was expanded to include not just the USSR’s former allies in Eastern Europe but even some former Soviet republics as well, and many Russians have claimed that, in taking in those new members, the NATO powers were reneging on promises that Baker and other high western officials had made as the Cold War was ending.2 The Americans, as Gorbachev himself put the point in 2008, had “promised that NATO wouldn't move beyond the boundaries of Germany after the Cold War but now half of central and Eastern Europe are members, so what happened to their promises? It shows they cannot be trusted.”3 What are we to make of those allegations? Jack Matlock, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow in 1990, thought that the Russians had a real case here. Gorbachev, in his view, had been given “categorical assurances” that “if a united A shorter version of this article was published in International Security 45, no. 3 (Winter 2020/21). 1 See Gorbachev-Baker meeting, February 9, 1990, U.S. -
June 2018 Newsnet
NewsNet News of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies June 2018 v. 58, n. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Prague Spring at 50 In Search of the “Perfect Collection”: Armenian Studies 8 Collections at the UC-Berkeley Library Collaborating across Centers 12 and Disciplines: Pitt’s Central Eurasia Initiative 14 Affiliate Group News 16 Publications 22 Personages Cohen-Tucker Dissertation 24 Research Fellowship Recipients 26 In Memoriam 28 Institutional Member News 31 Member Spotlight: Dan Healey Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) 203C Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 tel.: 412-648-9911 • fax: 412-648-9815 www.aseees.org ASEEES Staff Executive Director: Lynda Park 412-648-9788, [email protected] Communications Coordinator: Mary Arnstein 412-648-9809, [email protected] NewsNet Editor & Program Coordinator: Andrew Behrendt 412-648-7403, [email protected] Membership Coordinator: Jacob Boehmer 412-648-9911, [email protected] Financial Support: Krystina Rigdon 412-648-4049, [email protected] Convention Manager: Margaret Manges 412-648-4049, [email protected] http://oskf.flu.cas.cz/1968-1989-home office, but was nonetheless lauded for shining a spotlight on the Armenian genocide. FX’s Cold War period drama The Americans (2013-) is mentioned in just about every op-ed on US-Russia relations. In the case of the Prague Spring, this tectonic shift in modes and registers of representation is overlaid by a changing attitude toward the events of 1968. German historian Jan Pauer trenchantly remarks that the Prague Spring has been consistently fetishized by the West, while in the former Czechoslovakia, perception of the nascent liberalization of 1968 has changed over time.