Some Russians are looking back admiringly to a tyrannical scientist from Stalinist times – and using the new field of epigenetics to bolster their case.
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Commemoration and memory is being re-politicised, and this could have worrying consequences.
Victory over Nazi Germany is one unambiguously positive accomplishment of the 20th century; and yet, constructing a positive narrative about the Soviet second world war has proven hard – largely because there are some stubborn facts to contend with.
Sanctions have a terrible track record of success because they’re usually too weak to work and too easy to get around.
The EU’s antitrust case against Russian energy giant Gazprom is about competition, but has many political elements to it too.
Plans to dam Lake Baikal’s most important tributary could kick off an international dispute.
As Greece wastes time seeking war repatriations to help cover its debts, a better solution would be debt forgiveness - with conditions.
Finland is to become the last Nordic country to legalise same-sex marriage. And Russia isn’t going to like it.
Russia should be an exciting opportunity for global business, but the president’s “sistema” means the back room rules of the game are king.
Reports that Russia would use nuclear weapons if NATO continues to push into the Baltic states are misleading.and mischievous.
Vladimir Putin burned a lot of bridges in Ukraine, so he’s finding new sources of international support wherever he can.
Rivalry between the Russian president’s allies could be making his life hard.
As the ice recedes and technology for recovering resources in extreme conditions improves, the Arctic could become the theatre for future global conflicts. Here’s the story so far.
Prime suspect has retracted his confession, yet the Chechen Republic
The remnants of the Cuba-Soviet relationship are still very much part of Cuban culture – a fact on display at this month’s Miami International Film Festival
The West’s most popular political drama has finally started taking Russia seriously – a measure of how much Putin has changed the game.
Tolstoy’s celebrated novel War and Peace has recently been enjoying some fresh attention thanks to a number of adaptations. BBC Radio 4 broadcast a ten-part adaptation of the novel. Later this year, the…
A new survey has found many Russians want reforms to schools and better quality control of education.
Boris Nemtsov’s warning about the festering bureaucratic corruption under Putin made him powerful enemies.
For Russia to make peace with its troubled post-Communist history, it needs a 1990s hero to remember. Boris Nemtsov could be just that.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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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 of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security, University of Hull
