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Higher Education in Crisis: A Vignette from Hungary's Mafia State
Higher education in Hungary is fundamentally neither a private nor public good, but an autocracy’s useful resource.
Post-Soviet Political Theater
Jessica Pisano spent 15 years learning why everyday Russians and Ukrainians choose to participate in "theatrical" elections. She found coercion, but also individual agency.
Open Letter on the Termination of Russian Studies Faculty at Ohio University
Like you, we are wholeheartedly invested in the survival and recovery of higher education in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That recovery depends on the will of universities...
Formalism and the Future (Part II)
It is unlikely that the category of “art” will ever fully disappear even as the boundary between “art” and “life” grows increasingly muddled.
No Netflix, No Chill: Russia’s Culture Minister Would Rather Purge than Binge
In the West, we’ve long been familiar with the clear and present danger of Netflix.
Russia is Attacking Western Liberal Democracies
Russia is engaging in an orchestrated, strategic campaign whose purpose is to erode liberal democracy in Europe and the United States.