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Panelists talked about the life and career of Librarian of Congress James Billington, who served from 1987-2015.

Grace Kennan Warnecke, daughter of diplomat George Kennan, discussed her memoir, Daughter of the Cold War. During the talk, Warnecke outlined her time growing up overseas before, during, and…

Panelists talked about the energy situation in Europe following the crisis in Ukraine. Topics included Russia’s changing relationship with western countries due to increased economic ties, a…

Ambassador Paul Altidor spoke about recovery efforts and challenges three years after the Haitian earthquake. Following his remarks he took questions ranging on a number of issues such as ed…

Representatives from the State Department and the Organization of American States gave presentations on the role of the U.S. and the international community in rebuilding Haiti three years a…

On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR. The following day, the Supreme Soviet recognized the collapse of the Soviet Union and disbanded itself. Fifteen yea…

A forum was held on the U.S.-Russia relationship. Topics included current U.S. relations with Russia and what that relationship could look like in the future for the two countries. Blair …

Leon Aron talked about his book, Russia’s Revolution: 1989-2006, published by AEI Press. The book is a collection of twenty-one essays by Russian-born Aron on his observations of the last gr…

Murray Seegar talked about his book, Discovering Russia: 200 Years of American Journalism, published by Authorhouse. He explained how American reporting on Russia has evolved throughout the …

Michael McFaul and Nicolai Petro talked Russian President Putin and the future of Russia. Among the issues they addressed were power-sharing with local authorities under the Putin government…

Jonathan Kwitny the author of, Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II, talked about John Paul’s role in the end of the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc in Eastern Eur…

Michael Goldstein spoke about the constitutional changes ongoing in the Russian Republic and the prospects for the future.

Participants, in a forum sponsored by the Kennan Institute, discussed the future of the Russian Republic after the elections and the role of nationalism. German research analyst Alexander Ra…

Mr. Schwartz discussed the judicial system in Russia. He focused on the Russian Constitutional court and its successes and failures for the past two years.

Michael Dobbs offered his assessment in the events in Russia. He spoke on the history of the breakup of the Communist Party and the difficulties Soviet citizens have faced ever since. He als…

Mr. Valeril Khmelko from the University Kiev-Mohila Academy Kiev, Ukraine presented a report on the political affiliations of the Ukrainian population to an audience at the Woodrow Wilson Ce…

Robin Laird, researcher for the Institute for Defense Analysis, discussed the “New Europe” following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the unification of Germany in a seminar sponsored by …

Professor Thomas Remington, a political science professor at Emory University, presented a lecture on how the coup in the Soviet Union affected political institutions within the Soviet Union…

Blair Ruble, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute and author of the book “Leningrad: Shaping a Soviet City” discussed this week’s failed coup in the Soviet Union. The co…

The Woodrow Wilson Center sponsored this discussion of Soviet policy in Latin America under perestroika. Sergei Tagor, a research Fellow at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and Cole Blasher, …