Written by Kimberly Madsen, PhD student in SPEA Dr. Celeste Wallander met with students of the Russian Studies Workshop on March 27 to give advice on careers and address challenges in US-Russia relations. Given her impressive background as President and CEO of the U.S.-Russian Foundation, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia… Read more »
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Professor Michael Burawoy: The Role of Russian and East European Area Studies Scholarship and Expertise in a Polarized World
Written by Madeline McCann, graduate student in REEI Several years ago, I was driven to Russian studies by my desire to escape the familiar. I felt sick of studying United States history—of regurgitating year after year the events and narratives that had been hammered into me since grade school. Strangely, it was an undergraduate course… Read more »
Ivan Grigoriev, RSW post-doctoral scholar: Institutional decay under autocracy: evidence from business-state relations in Russia
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI Amidst chilly relations, Americans and Russians can joyfully bond over the fact that both countries represent two of the world’s leaders in income inequality. According to the World Inequality Database, the United States and Russia have fairly similar ratios of top income shares, with the top 10% in the… Read more »