Michael Rossi
Department of Political Science
Masters Program in United Nations and Global Policy Studies
Rutgers University
Recorded July 20, 2021
Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island joins me for a discussion of current political, economic, social, and cultural developments and trends in Russia and Ukraine.
Topics discussed include:
- Current US-Russian relations under the Biden Administration
- Official and unofficial US perceptions of Russia
- The ongoing political crises and attacks on media critical of the Ukrainian state
- The limits of what President Volodymyr Zelensky can do
- The frozen conflict in the Donbass Region
- The need to "read Russia and Ukraine right"
Recommended Readings:
Nicolai Petro - [ Ссылка ]
“Are we Reading Russia Right?”, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, vol. 42 no 2 (Summer 2018), pp. 131 – 154
“How the West Lost Russia: Explaining the Conservative Turn in Russian Foreign Policy,” Russian Politics, vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall 2018), pp. 305-332.
