Tag: Davis Center
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Russia seems vulnerable. Is Putin?
Russian historians, political and cultural analysts assess the strength of President Vladimir Putin’s regime since the war in Ukraine began, and lay out what could be in store in 2023.
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One year later: How does Ukraine war end?
Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.
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What’s Putin’s next move?
U.S. intelligence and defense analysts assesses the likelihood of a land invasion of Ukraine by Russia as the U.S and NATO forces send troops to the region.
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Is Putin going to invade Ukraine?
Harvard Lecturer Alexandra Vacroux discusses Russia’s massive military buildup on Ukraine’s border.
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Is this a tipping point for Putin?
Igniting growing demonstrations of outrage across Russia, the prosecution of anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny could pose a rare challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s iron grip on power.
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How might the election change the nation’s place on world stage?
Analysts assess how a Biden presidency could reshape U.S. relations, impact the nation’s intelligence community, and prompt a nuclear recalibration by North Korea, Iran, and Russia.
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One country, two stories
A Harvard doctoral student from Belarus spends winter break in her homeland, awash in election turmoil.
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Davis Center announces 2009-10 visitors and award recipients
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies recently announced a total of 20 incoming fellows, visiting scholars, and award recipients for the 2009-10 academic year.
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Oil workshop illuminates complex issue for teachers
Elementary and high school teachers attend a weeklong Harvard workshop on oil and the economic, political, and environmental issues that accompany it.
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Davis Center awards student grants for study, research travel, internships
The Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, dedicated to fostering comprehensive understanding and multidisciplinary study of Russia and the countries of Eurasia, has awarded grants to 37 undergraduate and graduate students to pursue research travel, language study, and overseas internships during the summer of 2009.
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Project on Soviet Social System goes online
or decades, the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS) has been a major source of information for researchers analyzing the Soviet Union between World War I and World War II. Due to its archaic and often-confusing indexing system, though, the HPSSS has also been a source of frustration for researchers trying to comb…
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Davis Center announces 2008-09 award recipients
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has announced its fellowship, prize, research travel grant, and internship recipients for the 2008-09 academic year.
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Social Science Research Council gives grant to Harvard centers
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded $52,289 to three Harvard centers: the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Harvard Asia Center.
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Portraits of dissent on view at Davis Center
Norton Dodge is an economist, a Harvard alumnus, and a savior of smuggled Soviet art. Smuggler is not usually a moniker that one would choose, but for Norton Dodge it is a badge of honor. Concerned with the plight of artists living under Soviet rule, many of whom found their work prohibited by the regime,…