James Rodgers talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about why Russia turned its back on the west.
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The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of what it meant to be American.
While Mikhail Gorbachev was feted in the West — he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 — he was widely despised in Russia by those both mourning and celebrating the end of Soviet power.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev played a significant role in bringing down the wall between eastern and western Europe.
Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev’s chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently transpired.
Aug. 24, 2022 marked both the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union and the six-month mark of war. As they have for more than three decades, Ukrainians showed resilience.
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Associate Professor of History and Political Science, Specializing in Ukraine, Western University
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Associate Professor in Modern European History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor and Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London