What do John F. Kennedy’s assassination, J. Edgar Hoover and the AIDS epidemic have in common? They were all influenced by Russian “active measures,” Alina Polyakova
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Interfaith dialogue is a routine aspect of Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky’s career, both as Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at the Jewish Theological
As a Russian, American, Jew and member of the LGBT community, Masha Gessen has never been one to stay inside the lines. The same goes
In 1874, Lewis Miller, a wealthy inventor and businessman, and John Heyl Vincent, a Methodist minister, founded the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, an interdenominational
Catie Kirsten, Karen James and Barbara Britton discuss the sponsorship of speaker Masha Gessen through the LGBTQ Friends and Community group and how they hope
Georgetown University Professor Ori Z. Soltes speaks during the Afternoon Lecture on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in the Hall of Philosophy. HALDAN KIRSCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Joseph
In reference to the historically frosty relationship between the United States and Russia that continues to this day, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Monday
Though Russia is no longer subject to strict communist controls, its presidents have still sought out nationwide approval. Part of maintaining power and garnering popularity
President Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin in 1999, leaving a vacant office and a hungry Vladimir Putin. After his landslide victory for the presidency, Putin, determined to
It was once known as “Holy Russia,” a land filled with spiritual heritage that was strongly in touch with the oldest traditions of Orthodox Christianity.
Though religion in Russia never truly disappeared, not all faith traditions were welcomed. Under Soviet control, there was a definite line between accepted beliefs and
Russia spans 11 time zones. Nina Khrushcheva has been to them all. From eastern Europe to the Sea of Okhotsk, it was interesting to see,
William J. Burns offered a “recovering diplomat’s” perspective on detangling the U.S.-Russia relationship at the 10:45 a.m. morning lecture Tuesday, July 17, in the Amphitheater,
Ori Z. Soltes has never encountered a country as religiously obsessed as the United States, a country that prides itself in its separation of church
Ambassador William J. Burns served for over three decades at the highest levels of the U.S. government, shaping foreign policy through some of history’s most
The end of the tsarist rule and shift to Soviet control marked a dramatic change in Russian leadership and politics. Royal Russian families no longer