by Andrey Chun Sarmiento | Dec 14, 2020 | James Madison University
Can Vladimir Putin revolutionize the way autocrats censor the internet? It is no secret that the press and journalists have experienced ever-increasing challenges in Russia since President Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Reporters Sans Frontière ranked...
by Sebastian Luu | Dec 11, 2020 | Suffolk University
USCGC Polar Sea at Iceberg B-15A on Jan. 29, 2001 (wikimedia; NSF/Josh Landis )USCGC Polar Star backs and rams through dense ice off the Antarctic coast, Jan. 15, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)USCGC is the abbreviation for United...
by Kofi Lee-Berman | Dec 10, 2020 | Williams College
Moldova’s presidential election has been declared for Maia Sandu, who unseated incumbent Igor Dodon in a historic victory. Against a backdrop of longstanding geopolitical tension, the election has been described as a win for pro-Western interests in Moldova. Yet...
by Stasya Rodionova | Oct 24, 2020 | University of Chicago
In late June of 2020 the Russian government held a nation-wide plebiscite on a series of constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year by President Vladimir Putin. Among a myriad of changes like constitutionally banning same-sex marriage, fortifying instruction...
by Oscar Sarkes | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
At the end of August, while returning from campaigning for local elections in the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russian opposition figure and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny fell violently ill. Amongst domestic supporters and international observers foul play was...
