
It was no President Who Colluded with the Russians, it was Trump
Anniversary Thoughts on Telling it Like It Is

A Geopolitical Catastrophe for Ukraine: 1918
Experimenting with counterfactual history allows us to reconsider simple questions and search for more precise answers

Overhearing in the Public Sphere
Any conversation in any public sphere is doomed to entail consequences

The Soviet Roots of Democratic Crisis in Latvia
As the country falls under populist rule is it a change -- or an old story?

Omnipotent Leviathan – or Lost in Transition?
Russia’s approach to the past as portrayed in the recent Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Repressions

The Story of the “Good War” Must Change
Seeing WWII as an American triumph prevents understanding Russia and Europe today

Compared to What? A Very Dark Thought about November
(and an electrifying and enduring song of resistance)

Trump’s Outrageousness and Democratic Opportunity
Looking ahead to the midterm elections after Trump's recent international misconducts