An abundance of natural resources has helped Kazakhstan attract billions in investments. Despite its booming economy, the government is unlikely to move towards democracy any time soon.
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Whoever wins the keys to the White House in November, it is far from guaranteed that Barack Obama’s detente with the Cubans will continue.
The Non-Aligned Movement member states enjoy cohesion on few issues. Historically, their heterogeneity ranged from absolute monarchs to socialist presidents.
How Hitler’s Germany, fascist Italy and other authoritarian states tried to win friends and influence people.
In the West, the public perception of Stalin and the Terror lingers from the period immediately after his death in 1953. It shouldn’t.
In the wake of Brexit, the UK film industry is set to lose funding, access to a huge distribution network, and possibly the European talent pool. For an example of the havoc this could cause, look no further than the former Soviet Union.
France are favourites, Albania are playing and there are more teams than ever before. Your essential guide to Europe’s summer football festival.
Utopianism is a neglected prism through which to view Africa. It is the space where the intricacies of decolonisation and independence can be properly comprehended.
The virus that could cure antibiotic resistant infections.
How Stalin and his successors maintained an iron grip on power.
The Caucasus are more important and more connected today than in the 1990s, and a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan could create chaos for Europe.
Apartheid South Africa started a war in which it could not maintain a strategic advantage. It misread the quest for national liberation and international opinion that undermined its effectiveness.
Soviet space station Mir hosted astronauts from a significant number of countries – laying the foundation for the ISS. But how long will this collaborative spirit last?
The 50th anniversary of Luna 9’s first soft moon landing reminds us how difficult landing a spacecraft is.
Poo-analysis tests conducted by the Soviet leader may not have been as crazy as they sound.
Recently released secret documents reveal the chilling extent of Cold War planning for a nuclear holocaust.
Arvo Pärt created contemplative and innovative music during the most oppressive years of the Soviet Union.
Employing a unique literary method that blurred the genres of oral history and documentary prose, the Nobel Prize for Literature winner told the stories of a traumatized people.
An exciting new exhibition at the Science Museum in London celebrates Soviet space success.
Some excerpts from the diary of Ivan Maisky, the WW2 Soviet ambassador in London.
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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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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
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Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of History, Gonzaga University
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
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Professor of History, Clarkson University
