Welcome to the real Soviet Union – primitive, brutal and racist

For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 ...
The Nation

Sovietology and the End of the Cold War

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...
The New York Times

In Georgia’s Depressed Heartland, Pining for the Soviet Past

While most Georgians support closer integration with Western Europe, many people in industrial areas that collapsed along with Communism in the 1990s express nostalgia for the old Soviet prosperity.