RUSSIA & UKRAINE
Suggested reading & research
Suggested readings for October 20, 2017 session:
What does Putin want? ...
"We know what Russia did. But what we really need to understand is why." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2017
"Looking out Five Years: Ideological, Geopolitical, and Economic Drivers of Russian Foreign Policy" by Dmitri Trenin on "Carnegie Moscow Center," Aug 28, 2017
"Zapad: What can we learn from Russia's latest military exercise?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," Sept 20, 2017
What does Putin want? ...
- Politically
"We know what Russia did. But what we really need to understand is why." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2017
- Economically
"Looking out Five Years: Ideological, Geopolitical, and Economic Drivers of Russian Foreign Policy" by Dmitri Trenin on "Carnegie Moscow Center," Aug 28, 2017
- Militarily
"Zapad: What can we learn from Russia's latest military exercise?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," Sept 20, 2017
About Judi Stoy... Judi retired from the National Security Agency in 2008 where she worked as a Russian linguist/analyst for 17 years (1972-1989) before moving into management.
Click here for handout with a timeline and maps prepared by Judi Stoy for the Dec 4, 2015 session.
Articles:
- "Bolton says in new book that Trump asked him to assist Ukraine pressure" by Fadel Allassan on "Axios," Jan 31, 2020
- "Putin’s WWII Revisionism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "After Putin’s Shakeup, What’s in Store for Russia and Its Neighbors?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "Russian government resigns as Vladimir Putin plans future" on "BBC News," Jan 15, 2020
- "Russia and Syrian independence" by Radwan Zyada on "Middle East Monitor," Jan 10, 2020
- "Meanwhile, Things Are Going Well in Ukraine" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Russia and China's ominous new friendship" by David A. Andelman on "CNN," Dec 3, 2019
- "The Liberal Order Runs Aground in Ukraine" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "For Ukraine, US Assistance Isn’t Everything" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "Russia: A Bona Fide Middle East Power?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "Nord Stream 2: Go-ahead for Russian gas pipeline angers Ukraine" on "BBC News," Oct 31, 2019
- "On Russia’s Vast Frontier, Lots of Free Land and Few Takers" by Ann M. Simmons in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 24, 2019
- "Western sanctions and their impact on Russian oil and gas projects" by Sergei Lazarev & Sergey Parinov on "Sakhalin Oil and Gas," Sept 2, 2019
- "Western Sanctions on Russia’s Oil and Gas Sector: a Damage Assessment" by Tatiana Mitrova on "Carnegie Moscow Center," July 25, 2018
- "Can Russia Play Persian Gulf Mediator?" by Samuel Ramani on "Lobe Log," Oct 11, 2019
- "Will Russia Change the Middle East?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report" by Zak Doffman in "Forbes," Sept 24, 2019
- "In Russia, Protesters Suffer Under a State Crackdown" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "Kazakhstan – Between Two Giants" by Nick Kennedy on "International Policy Digest," April 17, 2019
- "Kazakhstan Reaffirms Ties to Russia as It Enters the Final Stage of Leadership Succession" by George Voloshin on "Eurasia Daily Monitor," April 9, 2019
- "Political drama: The view from Moldova" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid" by David E. Sanger & Nicole Perlroth in "The New York Times," June 15, 2019
- "Russia To Construct Iran-India Gas Pipeline, Says Oil Minister" by Tasnim News Agency on "Eurasia Review," Feb 6, 2019
- "Russia Joins Gulf States in Coaching Sudan’s Military" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," June 13, 2019
- "World news roundup: Former USSR edition" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "Russia Joins the Chinese Tech Wave" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "Putin out-prepared Trump in key meeting, Rex Tillerson told House panel" byJohn Hudson & Josh Dawsey in "The Washington Post," May 22, 2019
- "The Complete Mercenary" by Matthew Cole on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Clowning Putin" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "The Zelensky Experiment" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "If Stalin Had a Smartphone" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
- "How America Lost Russia" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
- "Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War" by Andrew E. Kramer in "The New York Times," March 2, 2019
- "What I'm watching: Putin on the stage" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "Syria Is Now About Turkey and Russia" by Aaron Stein ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Russia Turns to Africa" from "Financial Times" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Mystery and fear haunt tiny Finnish island which neighbours Russia" by Andrew Higgins in "The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 1, 2018
- "Trump’s Worthwhile Gamble" by Eli Lake on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "Putin says Russia will deploy hypersonic missiles in 'coming months,' surpassing US and China" by Amanda Macias on "CNBC," Oct 18, 2018
- "Putin’s Pension Headache Could Become the West’s Problem, Too" by Leon Aron on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "Russia launches biggest war games since Cold War" on "BBC News," Sept 11, 2018
- "Russia muddies the waters in Idlib" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 27, 2018
- "When it comes to cyber war, our adversaries don’t fear us" by
- "The Trump-Russia Facts Lead To Only One Reasonable Conclusion" by Richard North Patterson on "HuffPost," Aug 16, 2018
- "John Brennan: President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash" by John O. Brennan in "The New York Times," Aug 16, 2018
- "Russia’s endgame in Idlib" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Europe, Russia, China defy Trump on Iran Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 8, 2018
- "Axios AM: Mike's Top 10" by Mike Allen on "Axios," Aug 4, 2018
- "Russia might have been lost from the start" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 19, 2018
- "Trump’s flip-flopping bluster comes at a staggering cost" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 26 2018
- "Entering a 1984 World, Trump-Style" by Michael T. Klare on "Lobe Log," July 24, 2018
- "Benedict Trump" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 19, 2018
- "What exactly did Trump Promise Putin on Syria, START Nuclear Treaty?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 18, 2018
- "This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man" by George F. Will in "The Washington Post," July 17, 2018
- "The Murder-Suicide of the West" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," July 16, 2018
- “Trump’s summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin” by George F. Will in “The Washington Post,” July 4, 2018
- "Oil, soccer, and Syria: Saudi-Russian diplomacy" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council" by Becky Davis on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2018
- "The 10 graphs that explain Vladimir Putin’s Russia" by Owen Matthews on Spectator/USA," April 27, 2018
- "Who Will Win the New Great Game?" by Jochen Bittner in "The New York Times," April 26, 2018
- "Russian spy: UK to expel 23 Russian diplomats" on "BBC News," March 14, 2018
- "Life in Vladimir Putin's Russia explained in 10 charts" on "BBC News," March 12, 2018
- "Russia, Turkey and Iran take reins in Syria" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 12, 2018
- "Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier" by Jane Mayer in "The New Yorker," March 12, 2018
- "The New New Cold War" by John Feffer on "LobeLog," March 11, 2018
- "Jordan Threads The Needle Between Moscow And Washington" by Shehab Al-Makahleh & Maria Al-Makahleh on "Lobe Log," Feb 19, 2018
- "Trump’s Racist View Of Russia And Mexico" by Alec Dubro on "Lobe Log," Feb 19, 2018
- "There’s a Lot To Be Optimistic About These Days. And Then There’s the Middle East." by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Feb 16, 2018
- "Abbas goes to Moscow" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 12, 2018
- "As Trump Wavers on Libya, an ISIS Haven, Russia Presses On" by Jo Becker & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," Feb 7, 2018
- "Cherry-Picking Intel, Nunes and the Iraq War Disaster" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 1, 2018
- “What is the Russia Story?” by Karen Yourish in “The New York Times,” Dec 10, 2017
- "Putin’s Surprise Syria Visit" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Dec 11, 2017
- "Syria, Jerusalem, Energy Top Agenda for Putin-Erdogan Meeting" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Dec 11, 2017
- "The Insurrectionists" by John Feffer on Lobe Log," Dec 7, 2017
- "MI6 lays bare the growing Russian threat" by Edward Lucas on "The Times" (London), Dec 1, 2017
- "Russia Pushing for Syria Settlement" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Nov 20, 2017
- "Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Red Scare in the Gray Zone" on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 29, 2017
- "From America With Love: U.S. Commandos Are a 'Persistent Presence' on Russia’s Doorstep" by Nick Turse on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 29, 2017
- "Suspecting Russian Meddling in 'Brexit' Vote, Lawmaker Seeks Inquiry" by Stephen Castle in "The New York Times," Oct 19, 2017
- "Russian Socialite Enters Race to Challenge President Putin" by Neil MacFarquhar in "The New York Times," Oct 18, 2017
- "US government bans agencies from using Kaspersky software over spying fears" by Olivia Solon in "The Guardian," Sept 13, 2017
- "Putin's Russia" issue of "Foreign Affairs" magazine, May/June 2016 - a series of articles by various authors
- "Is Riyadh Finally Buying Russian Air Defense Missiles?" by Mark N. Katz, on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 6, 2017
- "In Crimea, Russian Land Grab Feeds Cries of 'Carpetbaggers!'" by Neil MacFarquhar in "The New York Times," Sept 30, 2017
- "Zapad: What can we learn from Russia's latest military exercise?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," Sept 20, 2017
- "Why Russian Sanctions Haven't Worked" by Shellie Karabell on "Forbes," Aug 14, 2017
- "US sanctions have taken a big bite out of Russia's economy" by John W. Schoen on "CNBC," July 25, 2017
- "Myanmar, Russia’s Muslims, and a New Foreign Policy" by Sergei
Markedonov on "Carnegie Moscow Center," Sept 12, 2017 - "Looking out Five Years: Ideological, Geopolitical, and Economic Drivers of Russian Foreign Policy" by Dmitri Trenin on "Carnegie Moscow Center," Aug 28, 2017
- "Putin is setting an elephant trap for Merkel" by Roger Boyes in "The Times (UK)," Sept 13, 2017
- "Russia and Turkey: The Arms Deal that Signals the Age of Pragmatism" by Nikolai Pakhomov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 9, 2017
- "Lavrov Visits G.C.C. Capitals to Help Solve Crisis" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Russia to Prod Iraq to Stick to Oil Cuts" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago: The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "tomdispatch.com," Aug 8, 2017
- "Is Turkey on brink of Invading Syrian Kurds, US BFF?" on "Informed Comment," Aug 8, 2017
- "Naval Nuances: China, Russia, and the Baltic Sea" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 7, 2017
- "Sanctions as Feckless Disapproval" by Paul Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, July 31, 2017
- "Maliki Humiliated in Moscow" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Implications of a Siberian Candidate" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 24, 2017
- "New questions in Russia probe" by Christina Pazzanese in "Harvard Gazette," July 20, 2017
- "The Demolition of U.S. Global Power" by Alfred W. McCoy on "Tom Dispatch," July 16, 2017
- "Tillerson’s Frustrations" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 15, 2017
- "Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation" by Rolf Mowatt-Larssen in "The Washington Post," July 14, 2017
- "Putin, Establishment Politician" by Alexander Baunov on "Carnegie Moscow Center," July 7, 2017
- "New Neocon Mantra: Iran, like Soviet Union, on Verge of Collapse" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 6, 2017
- "How much of a threat does Russia pose, and to whom?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," June 29, 2017
- "U.S. and Iran-Russia-Assad Compete for Syria’s East" by Charles Lister on Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing: Eastern Syria a Hotbed of Geopolitical Interests," June 19, 2017
- "Putin’s End Game in Syria" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 18, 2017
- "On a Tiny Norwegian Island, America Keeps an Eye on Russia" by Andrew Higgins in "The New York Times," June 13, 2017
- "Oliver Stone Talks to ‘The Nation’ About His New Documentary ‘The Putin Interviews’" by Ed Rampell in "The Nation," June 12, 2017
- "Macron confronts Putin over lies in Russian media" by Adam Sage in "The Times," May 30, 2017
- "Should Russia's new Armata T-14 tanks worry Nato?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," May 30, 2017
- "Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 26, 2017
- "New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation" by Valeria Fedorenko on "Reuters," May 18, 2017
- "Russia's new Arctic Trefoil military base unveiled with virtual tour" on "BBC News," April 18, 2017
- "The Necessary Empire" by Robert D. Kaplan in "The New York Times," May 5, 2017
- "Russia’s Military Buildup in Arctic Has U.S. Watching Closely" by Lucy Kafanov on "NBC News.com," May 1, 2017
- "U.S. Takes Sharper Tone on Russia's Role in Syria" by Julie Hirschfeld Davis & David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," April 12, 2017
- "Tillerson in for Testy Meeting with Russians" by Randa Slim in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," April 10, 2017
- "Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 3, 2017
- "Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel" by Adam Entous, Greg Miller, Kevin Sieff and Karen DeYoung in "The Washington Post," April 3, 2017
- "Information warfare: Is Russia really interfering in European states?" by Becky Branford on "BBC News," March 31, 2017
- "On Russia, watch the ball" by John Laidler in "Harvard Gazette," March 29, 2017
- "Assessing the Putin-Rouhani Summit" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 29, 2017
- "Rouhani in Moscow This Week" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," March 27, 2017
- "Comey's Haunting News on Trump and Russia" by the Editorial Board in "The New York Times," March 20, 2017
- "What to Ask About Russian Hacking" by Louise Mensch in "The New York Times," March 17, 2017
- "Connecting Trump’s Dots to Russia" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," March 9, 2017
- "Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever" by Johhn Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 9, 2017
- "Putin and Netanyahu: A complex diplomatic dance" by Joinathan Marcus on "BBC News," March 9, 2017
- "New Triangular Diplomacy Emerges Amid Changing Global Political Landscape" by Dmitri Trenin on Carnegie Moscow Center," Feb 22, 2017
- "Can We Trust Vladimir Putin?" by Spyridon Mitsotakis on "Breitbart.com," Dec 22, 2015
- "Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War" by Evan Osnos, David Remnick & Joshua Yaffa in "The New Yorker," Mar 6, 2017
- "Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?" by Michael T. Klare on "Informed Comment," Feb 15, 2017
- "Russia Deploys Missile, Violating Treaty and Challenging Trump" by Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2017
- "What Trump Is Doing Is Not O.K." by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2017
- "Could NSA Flynn face Criminal Charges over Russia Ties?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 11, 2017
- "America's So-Called National Security Adviser" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "Syrian Regime Ignores Cease-Fire Call" by Robert S. Ford in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Jan 30, 2017
- "Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 18, 2017
- "Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump is Putin’s mouthpiece" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," Jan 16, 2017
- "From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 14, 2017
- "Stop obsessing over ‘secrets’ about Trump and Russia. What we already know is bad enough." by Anne Applebaum in "The Washington Post," Jan 13, 2017
- "Trump, Putin and the Hidden History of How Russia Interfered in the U.S. Presidential Election" by Kurt Eichenwald in "Newsweek," Jan 10, 2017
- "How the Arrogance of Cold War Triumph brought us this Low" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Jan 9, 2017
- "We know what Russia did. But what we really need to understand is why." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2017
- "A Real Reset with Russia or Just a Roll of the Dice?" by Robert E. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 5, 2017
- "Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 28, 2016
- "Intent on Unsettling E.U., Russia Taps Foot Soldiers From the Fringe" by Andrew Higgins in "The New York Times," Dec 24, 2016
- Why Would Trump Help Putin Achieve His Goals?" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Dec 15, 2016
- "Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in election, U.S. Says" by David E. Sanger & Scott Shane in "The New York Times," Dec 9, 2016
- "Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House" by Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima & Greg Miller in "The Washington Post," Dec 9, 2016
- "Trump should embrace ‘dual conciliation’ abroad" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Nov 23, 2016
- "Putin's Response to Trump Victory: Take Aleppo" by Randa Slim in Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing," Nov 21, 2016
- "Russia: Cautious Hope" by Dmitri Trenin at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Could Trump reform US foreign policy?" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Nov 13, 2016 ("Globe" subscription may be required)
- "When Borders Close" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2016
- "October surprise? No, beware the November blitz" by Thanassis Cambanis on "thanassiscambanis.com," Nov 4, 2016
- "History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump" by Tobias Stone on "The Huffington Post," July 25, 2016, updated Nov 11, 2016
- Middle East Institute's "Briefing: Middle East Reactions to the U.S. Election" includes "Trump’s Win Adds New Dynamics to Unstable Middle East" by Paul Salem, "What a TrumRetryp Presidency Means for Syria/Iraq" by Robert S. Ford, "Israel’s Right Welcomes Trump’s Victory" by Eran Etzion, "Erdogan Treads Carefully on Trump" by Gönül Tol, "Iran’s Moderates Fear Trump Presidency" by Alex Vatanka, and "G.C.C. Uncertain About Trump" by Gerald Feierstein, Nov 9, 2016
- "Chechnya’s New Contract With the Kremlin" by Vadim Dubnov on "Carnegie Moscow Center," Oct 27, 2016
- "Syria—What Cost 'Victory'?" by Graham E. Fuller in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Nov/Dec 2016
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Awaiting Next U.S. President: A Splintered Middle East in 'Free Fall'" by Peter Baker in "The New York Times," Oct 24, 2016
- "A pivot to where?" by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2016
- "'Brexit,' Migration, Trade: E.U.'s List of Crises Keeps Growing" by James Kanter & Stephen Castle in "The New York Times," Oct 20, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Egypt Maneuvers with Russia as Cairo Simmers" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute," Oct 17, 2016
- "Diplomatic Dead-End on Syria" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "Putin, Erdogan Continue Diplomatic Dance" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "Talk of Oil Freeze Still Only Talk" by Ruba Husari on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "American Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action" by Dilip Hiro on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 11, 2016
- "Russia and Turkey Make up: What implications for Syria, Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 11, 2016
- "Syria Provokes an American Anxiety: Is U.S. Power Really So Special?" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times," Oct 8, 2016
- "Syria—What Cost “Victory?”" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 7, 2016
- "Syria isn’t a cold war conflict: the US and Russia can’t just fix it" by Mary Dejevsky in "The Guardian," Oct 4, 2016
- "No End to Syria’s Agony in Sight?" by Peter Jenkins, Sergey Batsanov & James Watt on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 1, 2016
- "15 Years in the Afghan Crucible" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2016
- "Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy" by Fawaz A. Gerges on "Informed Comment," Sept 25, 2016
- "America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots" by Tom Engelhardt on "Informed Comment," Sept 23, 2016
- "No End to Syria’s Agony in Sight?" by Peter Jenkins, Sergey Batsanov & James Watt on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 1, 2016
- "15 Years in the Afghan Crucible" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2016
- "Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy" by Fawaz A. Gerges on "Informed Comment," Sept 25, 2016
- "America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots" by Tom Engelhardt on "Informed Comment," Sept 23, 2016
- "The aftermath of Turkey’s failed coup threatens its ties with Western allies" by Michael Birnbaum & Karen DeYoung in "The Washington Post," Sept 21, 2016
- "What is Eurasianism?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 18, 2016
- "His Grip Still Secure, Bashar al-Assad Smiles as Syria Burns" by Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "A Russian-Iranian Axis" by Vali R. Nasr in "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2016
- "The United Nations: What’s the Point?" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," Sept 2, 2016
- "How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands." by C.J. Chivers in "The New York Times Magazine," Aug 24, 2016
- "America's Mr. Diplomacy" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2016
- "In Expanding Russian Influence, Faith Combines with Firepower" by Andrew Higgins in "The New York Times," Sept 13, 2016
- "The New 'Great Game' on the Silk Road" by Sharon Lundahl on "Music for the Eyes," Sept 11, 2016
- "Russia, Already Reinserting Itself in Middle East, Enters Israeli-Palestinian Fray" by Peter Baker & Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," Sept 9, 2016
- "The free-for-all in Syria will make your head spin" by Richard Allen Greene on "CNN," Aug 25, 2016
- "Why Russia is Discrediting American Democracy" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 8, 2016
- "The Middle East Institute Denounces Fabrications and False Accusations Against one of its Scholars" by MEI Staff on "Middle East Institute," Sept 1, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkish Incursion into Syria, OPEC Meeting" By Gönül Tol, Daniel Serwer & Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute," Aug 29, 2016
- "Saudis and Extremism: 'Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters'," by Scott Sahne in "The New York Times, Aug 25, 2016
- "Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 25, 2016
- "Russian Realism in the Middle East" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 20, 2016
- "Playing With Fire in Ukraine" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 19, 2016
- "Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria" by Juan Cole
- "Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 12, 2016
- "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart" by Scott Anderson with photos by Paolo Pellegrin in "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "What Russia and Turkey Bring to Syria" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Erdogan Reaching Out to Russia; Update on Battle for Aleppo" by W. Robert Pearson, Alex Vatanka, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum & Mabrouka M'Barek on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2016
- "Russia's President Fights to Keep Control" on "Stratfor," Aug 3, 2016
- "Partial Assessment of Turkey’s Post-Coup Attempt Military Purge" by Jennifer Cafarella with Elizabeth Sercombe & Charles Vallee on "Institute for the Study of War," July 30, 2016
- "Is Saudi Arabia Really Inviting Russia to Play a Bigger Role in the Middle East?" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 2, 2016
- "Turkish-Russian Rapprochement Turbocharged by Istanbul Coup Attempt" by Dorian Jones on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 30, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkey's Post-Coup Military Restructuring and US-Russia Meeting in Geneva on Syria Coordination" by Gönül Tol & Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute," July 25, 2016
- "Able Archer 83" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Monday Briefing: Chilcot Report, French FM in Lebanon, Iran Economy" by Daniel Serwer, Alex Vatanka on Paul Salem at "Middle East Institute," July 11, 2016
- "A century on: Why Arabs resent Sykes-Picot" on "aljazeera.com" [undated]
- "'Brexit' and Russia Loom Over Obama's final NATO Summit Meeting" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," July 7, 2016
- "A Stark Nuclear Warning" by Jerry Brown in "The New York Review of Books," July 14, 2016 (a review of My Journey at the Nuclear Brink by William J. Perry)
- "Time for US to act in Syria" by Thanassis Cambanis in "The Boston Globe, June 30, 2016
- "Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?" by Patrick Cockburn on "Informed Comment," June 29, 2016
- "Overwhelmed by 'Brexit'? Here Are the Basics" by Niraj Choksi, Daniel Victor & Sewell Chan in "The New York Times, June 24, 2016
- "Architects of Failure: 100 years of Sykes-Picot" by Akil N. Awan on "Informed Comment," May 17, 2016
- "100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?" by Stephen Pascoe on "Informed Comment," May 13, 2016
- "Handle the Bear with care" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 28, 2016
- "Randa Slim on Russia’s Decision to Partially Withdraw from Syria" by Randa Slim & Antoun Issa on "Middle East Institute," March 14, 2016
- "Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," by March 15, 2016
- "How Saudi Arabia Turned Its Greatest Weapon on Itself" bu Andrew Scott Cooper in "The New York Times," March 12, 2016
- "Obama Criticizes the 'Free Riders' Among America's Allies" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," March 10, 2016
- "A Truce in Syria" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," March 7, 2016
- "Building on the Syrian Truce" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 1, 2016
- "Syrian Ceasefire: A Signal that Russia is winning the War?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 27, 2016
- "Andrew Bacevich, How to Avert Real Change in Election 2016" by Tom Engelhardt on "TomDispatch," Jan 26, 2016 (introduction to "Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored: Out of Bounds, Off-Limits, or Just Plain Ignored: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, et al., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked" by Andrew J. Bacevich)
- "Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 25, 2016
- "Don't buy the hype: Russia's military is much weaker than Putin wants us to think" by Mark Galeotti on "vox.com," Feb 23, 2016
- "Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 20, 2016
- "The media are misleading the public on Syria" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Feb 18, 2016
- "Chart of Russia's dominant militarization of the Arctic" by Jeremy Bender and Mike Nudelman on "BusinessInsider," Aug 7, 2015 (includes map)
- "Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?" by Baher Kamal on "Informed Comment," Feb 17, 2016
- "A Struggle for World Order and a Russian Tragedy" by Jan Techau on "Carnegie Europe," Feb 13, 2016
- "NATO—America’s Misguided Instrument of Leadership" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 13, 2016
- "Work with the Russians on Syria" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 12, 2016
- "Russian Intervention in Syrian War Has Sharply Reduced U.S. Options" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "As Syria Devolves Further, Allies Criticize American Policy" by Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "Two New Books Spotlight the History and Consequences of the Suez Crisis," (book review of Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East by Michael Doran, reviewed by David Frum, and book review of Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace by Alex von Tunzelmann, reviewed by Evan Thomas) in "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2016
- Doran, Michael, Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
- Kasparov, Garry, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, 2015
- Lourie, Richard, Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash, 2017
- Sell, Louis, From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR (2016)
- von Tunzelmann, Alex, Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace, 2016
- Zygar, Mikhail, All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin, 2016
Russia and the Former Soviet Republics (Perry-Castaneda Library)
- Soviet Union (Shaded Relief) (1986)
- Russia (Shaded Relief) (1994)
- Ukraine (Shaded Relief) (1993)
- Muslim Peoples (1981)
- Muslim Population (1979)
- Ethnic Groups in Southern Soviet Union and Neighboring Middle Eastern Countries (1986)
- Eurasia (2006)
Ukraine Maps (click for larger images):
The October 22, 2017 issue of "The New York Times Book Review" is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Included are:
TV Show:
Videos:
- "The Deadliest Idealism" by Martin Amis
- "10 Days Still Shaking the World" by Condoleezza Rice
- "Stalin, Hitler, and the Temptations of Totalitarianism" by Strobe Talbot
- "Stalinist Crimes in Ukraine That Resonate Today" by Adam Hochschild, a review of Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum, 2017, in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "The First Totalitarian" by Josef Joffe, a review of Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen, 2017 in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "A Portrait of Stalin in All His Murderous Contradictions" by Mark Atwood Lawrence, a review of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941, 2017, in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "In Masha Gessen's 'The Future is History,' Homo Sovieticus Rises" by Francis Fukuyama, a review of The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen, 2017, in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "One Woman's Liberation, Set against the Russian Revolution" by Simon Sebag Montefiore, a review of The Revolution of Marina M. (A Novel) by Janet Finch, 2017, in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "'Riot Days: A Memoir of Punk Protest and Prison Activism" by Sophie Pinkham, a review of Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina, 2017 in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
- "Anti-Semitism Heralds a Grim Future in This Classic Romanian Novel" by Ken Kalfus, a review of For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian, 1934 in "The New York Times Book Review, Oct 22, 2017
TV Show:
- The Most Powerful Man in the World, Vladimir Putin (2017), "CNN Special Report" by Fareed Zakaria, March 14, 2017
- Inside Putin's Russia (2017) - "PBS Newshour" special program, July 21, 2017
Videos:
- "Trump, Tillerson weaken State Department as Putin would want" excerpt from "The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC," March 8, 2017
- "Truth closer on Trump camp pro-Russia influence on GOP platform" excerpt from "The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC," March 8, 2017
- Medeo European Food & Deli, 529 Main Street, Westbrook, ME 04092 - click here for map