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From the Soviet Union to Putin’s Russia: A Journalist’s Perspective

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Feb 15 2018
From the Soviet Union to Putin’s Russia: A Journalist’s Perspective

Presentation by Andrew Nagorski, Former Senior Editor of Newsweek International and former vice president and director of public policy for the East/West Institute

When the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed “the end of history.” The Cold War that had provided the central narrative to the post-World War II world appeared to be over, and democracy was seen as triumphant. Russia’s new leaders claimed to be deeply committed to a new democratic order. But a quarter of a century later, Russia is once again in the news almost daily—and almost always for all the wrong reasons. Tensions with the U.S., in particular, have been on the rise to the ... view more »

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