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Mark Galeotti discusses trajectories in Putin’s Russia
On Sept. 29 the NYU School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs and the Jordan Center teamed up to present the first installment of Revisiting Russia, a special series...
The Vory: understanding Russia’s gangsters in their historical and political context, a book talk with Mark Galeotti
With the collapse of the Soviet state, many of the criminals began entering elite positions. The infectivity of the authorities allowed for criminality to roam freely on the streets: terrified...
Mark Konecny shares unexpected history of Russian art in America
On Sept. 18, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Mark Konecny, Associate Director and Curator of the archives and library of the Institute of...
Marks and Angles: An Immigrant Story
You can tell from our left arms.
Radoslaw Markowski presents research on Polish politics after the October 2015 election
The last Polish election might have been the last election in a normal, democratic context.
More of the same: Why Russia’s equity market isn’t down by more
Critics of Putin’s recent tactics have suggested that this time, he has damaged investor confidence beyond repair.
Poor Liza and Russia’s Sentimental Marketplace
On December 11, 2020, the Jordan Center welcomed Prof. Kirill Ospovat for a talk on links between narrative modes and visions of economy that defined Russian sentimentalism. Through a close...
The Sources of Putin's Support: Panel Recap
On Friday, October 25th the Jordan Center welcomed three NYU-based experts on contemporary Russian politics to participate in a panel discussion regarding the current situation of President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Anna Arutunyan explains the Putin mystique
On Nov. 5 journalist and author Anna Arutunyan joined Russia expert and Clinical Professor of Global Affairs at the NYU’s Center for Global Affairs Mark Galeotti in conversation for an...
Vladimir Putin as a Renaissance Prince
Mark Galeotti is Professor of Global Affairs at the NYU SCPS Center for Global Affairs. He blogs at In Moscow’s Shadows.Back in 1968, the Slavic Review published a fascinating and...
Living in Cossackworld
Mark Galeotti is Professor of Global Affairs at the NYU SCPS Center for Global Affairs. He blogs at In Moscow’s Shadows. When is a Cossack not a Cossack? When he’s...
Why Putin’s Oil Maneuvers Will Keep Russia in the Middle East
There and Back Again (Russia's Alien Nations)
Was the Soviet Union the model for Mordor?
Soviet Filmmakers in Africa
Filmmaker and Visiting Fulbright Scholar Alexander Markov spoke of the line between propaganda and art that Soviet documentarians walked in Africa.
Cold Snap (Part I): Russian Film after Leviathan
This essay provides context for roughly thirty-five current and upcoming Russian films, loosely clustered around four topics: directors; debuts; economic health; and dominant industry trends.
Speak, Memory: The Case of Yuri Dmitriev, Part I
Dmitriev spent a good part of the 1990s in FSB archives examining case files on purge victims. After finding gaps in the lists, he asked for protocols from NKVD “troikas”...
Is a Crocodile Longer Than It Is Green? (Russia's Alien Nations)
On the level of logic, you can prove anything.
History Matters
Amid the pandemic, Russia, China, and others find time to debate the timing of the beginning and end of World War II and other details of years long past.
Moving Ideas, Static Systems?
In cooperation with the Hagop Kevorkian Center, the Jordan Center recently hosted another symposium in our ongoing Diasporas Series. On Thursday, March 14, the theme was “The Movement of Ideas,”...
Revisiting Russia: Victor Madeira discusses Russian intelligence
On November 19, 2014, the NYU School of Professional Studies hosted “A Cold War in the Shadows?,” a talk with Victor Madeira, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Statecraft...