The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Winter 2022 and Spring 2023 Newsletter highlighted awards the organization had presented to Mark Trotter and Ani Abrahamyan of the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute (REEI) and recognized recent graduate Nicholas “Niko” Siambekos for his scholarship in Russian. Mark Trotter In the spring of… Read more »
Jennifer Byrne recently completed a seven-month Boren Graduate Fellowship in Riga, Latvia, preparing her for a career in public diplomacy. The fellowship provided the opportunity for her to spend a year in Latvia with a goal of improving her fluency in both Russian and Ukrainian while studying Russian propaganda, disinformation, and media censorship. A Tucker-Cohen… Read more »
The Brazilian indigenous population is one of the most vulnerable populations globally. Through research at Indiana University, Alicia Lorena Gonzalez aims to influence policymakers who can protect indigenous communities by underscoring the importance of land sovereignty. “Brazilian indigenous populations have no automatic land sovereignty. The process for land to be approved by the state… Read more »
Col. Robert McVey becomes the Hamilton Lugar School’s newest War College Fellow The Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) is one of a select number of institutions with the privilege to host fellows from the US Army War College Program, which allows Army leaders to enrich their strategic thinking in an academic setting. HLS welcomed its newest… Read more »