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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Writing for PS since 1997
171 commentaries
4 videos & podcasts

Nina L. Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School, is the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler), most recently, of In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones (St. Martin's Press, 2019).

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  1. Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit
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    Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit

    Sep 29, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks that Russia's recent meeting with North Korea was intended primarily as a warning to the South.

  2. Putin’s History Lessons
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    Putin’s History Lessons

    Aug 23, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva sees parallels between the Kremlin’s revanchist agenda and Soviet attempts to rewrite the past.

  3. Russia’s Fractured State
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    Russia’s Fractured State

    Jul 19, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that the aftermath of Yevgeny Prigozhin 's aborted rebellion is exposing deep cracks in the regime.

  4. Twenty-Four Hours That Shook the Kremlin
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    Twenty-Four Hours That Shook the Kremlin

    Jun 26, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva believes that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted rebellion may fatally undermine Vladimir Putin’s regime.

  5. Russia’s New Rasputin
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    Russia’s New Rasputin

    Jun 9, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva suggests that Yevgeny Prigozhin's escalating attacks on the country's elites reflect the regime's decadence.

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    Freedom Without Justice

    Slavoj Žižek

    At the end of European Communism, there was a widespread, euphoric hope that freedom and democracy would bring a better life; eventually, though, many lost that hope. The problem, under both Communism and the new liberal dispensation, was that those pursuing grand social projects had embraced ideology instead of philosophy.

    considers what an Albanian Marxist philosopher can tell us about liberty in today's world.
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk

    For the US, Slovakia's general election may produce another unreliable allied government. But instead of turning a blind eye to such allies, as President Joe Biden has been doing with Poland, or confronting them with an uncompromising stance, the US should spearhead efforts to help mend flawed democracies.

    reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.
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    Not Destined for War

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. rejects historical analogies implying that zero-sum conflict between the US and China is inevitable.
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    Is “Peace Through Commerce” Dead?

    Harold James doubts that new conflicts and rivalries justify a full-scale rejection of European-style economic engagement.
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    Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks that Russia's recent meeting with North Korea was intended primarily as a warning to the South.
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    Saudi Arabia’s New Nationalism

    Bernard Haykel explains the reasoning behind the Kingdom's ongoing domestic- and foreign-policy transformation.
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    The Green Growth Mindset

    Gernot Wagner sees doctrinaire debates about capitalism as irrelevant or even deleterious to the decarbonization effort.
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    Africa Is the Future of Multilateralism

    Mark Malloch-Brown explains why the continent should be at the forefront of efforts to bring about international reforms.
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    A Chinese Bubble Long in the Making

    Yi Fuxian traces the deep roots of the country's mounting economic and financial problems.

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