Robert Crews revisits Afghan history in a global context

Ilaria Parogni Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Robert Crews, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University for a book talk devoted to his recent book, Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation. The event focused on Afghan encounters with Russia, the USSR, and Central Asia and explored Afghanistan’s engagement with the global circulation of modern politics.

Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation, A Discussion with Robert D. Crews

Natasha Bluth Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

Occasional Series | Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | 4:00PM-6:00PM EST

The Ramp to Nowhere? Disability in Contemporary Russia

Frances Bernstein Monday, December 8th, 2014

Given the deeply entrenched obstacles—physical, social, cultural, material— to participation in public life by people with disabilities, whatever mention is made is still noteworthy.

How Obama can avert another Cold War

Stephen F. Cohen Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Why is another Cold War possible two decades after the Soviet Union ended?

America’s New Cold War With Russia

Stephen F. Cohen Friday, January 18th, 2013

With the full support of a feckless policy elite and an uncritical media establishment, Washington is slipping, if not plunging, into a new cold war with Moscow.

Keyword: Afghanistan Archives - NYU Jordan Center