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1. In Former States of the Soviet Union, a Tug of War Between East and West

Author

Higgins, Andrew

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Electioneering -- Forecasts and trends, International relations -- Forecasts and trends, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Geopolitics -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union -- International relations
Abstract

Geopolitical rivalry, intensified by fighting in Ukraine, is amplifying domestic struggles in countries like Georgia and Moldova whose people are split on which side to support. In Georgia, protesters waving [...]

Published
2024

2. Can Putin Survive? The Lessons of the Soviet Collapse

Author

Zubok, Vladislav

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Sanctions (International law), Presidents -- Foreign policy -- Military policy, International relations, Political science
Abstract

On May 9, 2022, a column of tanks and artillery thundered down Moscow's Red Square. Over 10,000 soldiers marched through the city's streets. It was Russia's 27th annual Victory Day [...]

Published
2022

3. A Chinese envoy's false claim about ex-Soviet countries sparks criticism

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, International law -- Political aspects, Sovereignty -- Political aspects, Ambassadors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1171719781 BYLINE: JOHN RUWITCH HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: China's ambassador to France made some pretty big waves over the weekend with remarks [...]

Published
2023

4. 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943, Images, Photographic -- Appreciation, Photographs -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

It was supposed to be ''a voluntary association of peoples with equal rights,'' one that would guarantee the ''peaceful coexistence and fraternal cooperation of peoples'' while serving as ''a faithful [...]

Published
2022

5. The New Face of Terrorism in 2019: Forget the Middle East--it's time to prepare for attacks from the former Soviet Union

Author

Miranova, Vera

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Forecasts and trends, Antiterrorism measures -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, International relations, Political science
Abstract

THE WAY WESTERNERS THINK ABOUT ISLAMIST TERRORISM has grown dangerously outdated. For decades, officials have focused on attacks launched by Middle Easterners. Today, however, the real threat increasingly comes from [...]

Published
2019

6. What the GOP could learn from Russian history

Author

White, Wesley

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Heads of state -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Wesley White A little more than two years after President Joe Biden's election, the United States is still dealing with its own cult of personality problem. Polling in May [...]

Published
2022

7. Chernobyl broke the Soviet spirit, but the coronavirus won't break ours

Author

Nazaryan, Alexander

Subjects
United States -- Political aspects, Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nuclear Accident, 1986 -- Political aspects -- Evaluation, Nationalism -- Evaluation -- Political aspects, Epidemics -- Political aspects -- Ukraine, COVID-19 -- Political aspects, Coronaviruses, Nuclear energy, Coronavirus infections, Parenting, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Alexander Nazaryan The parental directive was clear: Stay out of the rain. It was 1986, the last days of April, when unrelenting showers usually turned Leningrad back into the [...]

Published
2020

8. Inside Sanders' Soviet 'honeymoon'

Author

Kranish, Michael

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Public relations, Vodka, Socialists, Mayors, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Michael Kranish Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang 'This Land Is Your Land' to his hosts in the Soviet [...]

Published
2019

9. Trump's Claims on a Soviet Invasion Are Disputed

Author

Yuhas, Alan

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Afghan history -- Military aspects, President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

In a meeting with cabinet officials on Wednesday, President Trump spoke about walls, wheels and foreign affairs, including a recollection of world history that startled an ally in the United [...]

Published
2019

10. Moscow looks back with nostalgia: Bush was a steady hand while Soviet Union collapsed

Author

Troianovski, Anton

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Cold War, 1945-1991, President of the United States -- Foreign policy, Death, Foreign policy, Nuclear energy, Russian foreign relations, Diplomacy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Anton TroianovskiMOSCOW - George H.W. Bush's presidency will be forever linked with the Soviet Union's collapse. But in Moscow, his death provoked an outpouring of nostalgia Saturday for an [...]

Published
2018

11. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. military has been unassailed and unassailable

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Military operations -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Insurgency, Armed forces, Technology, Weapons systems, Political science
Abstract

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. military has been unassailed and unassailable. Our quantitative and qualitative superiority has been unprecedented in the modern era, and Americans are [...]

Published
2019

12. The end of the Soviet Union

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Cold War, 1945-1991 -- Calendars, Soviet history -- Political aspects, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The first runner-up in our 2017 Eyewitness to History Contest interviewed her father, who grew up in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (See 'Life in the Soviet Union,' [...]

Published
2017

13. Soviet leader Gorbachev says a new union could rise again

Author

Taylor, Adam

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Party leaders -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Soviet history, 1985-1991, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Adam Taylor This winter marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. But Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, isn't over it yet. In interviews with [...]

Published
2016

14. Britain's top diplomat compares the E.U. to Soviet 'prison' -- angering the survivors of the real ones

Author

Noack, Rick

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Brexit -- Political aspects, Cabinet officials -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, European Union -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Rick Noack BERLIN -- When former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson resigned from his position in July, some of his counterparts abroad were likely relieved. Johnson was known for [...]

Published
2018

15. Russia And The CIS: Eastern Approaches

Author

Finizio, Steven

Subjects
Soviet Union -- Political aspects, Communist countries -- Political aspects, Business, international, Commonwealth of Independent States -- Political aspects
Abstract

More than two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the economic and political influence of the nine former Soviet republics that together form the Commonwealth of Independent States [...]

Published
2014

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