CNN Interview | Russia facing strong economic sanctions
Andrew Stevens of CNN International speaks to Professor Joshua Tucker about whether or not Russia could survive economic sanctions.
Fiona Neale-May
Articles by Fiona Neale-May
The Takeaway Interview | Literature Offers Lessons For Growing Russian-Ukrainian Crisis
Anne Lounsbery, chair of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University, is a Gogol scholar. She tells The Takeaway what Gogol’s life and writing can teach us all these years later about the lingering tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Listen for more:
HuffPost Interview: Is Media Distorting Russia & Ukraine?
Alyona Minkovski of HuffPost Live interviews guests David Speedie (Director of the Carnegie Council’s program on U.S. Global Engagement), Yanni Kotsonis (Director of the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia), and Matt Taibbi (First Look Media).
Continue reading...Refugees: the challenge of being in between past, present and future
On Thursday, April 25, the Jordan Center hosted a discussion session with Professor Peter Gatrell from the University of Manchester. Gatrell is a specialist on Russian social and economic history, but has also written a number of books on refugee history and politics. During the discussion, Gatrell shared viewpoints, advice, and his extensive knowledge with students and faculty.
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