MIRS announces a new cohort of fellows of the Monterey Summer Symposium 2023
Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies announces a new cohort of fellows of the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2023
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Shares his Insights on the Events Leading Up to the Invasion of Ukraine
| by Sierra Abukins
In the latest addition to the Institute’s Ambassadorial Series, Jill Dougherty, former CNN foreign affairs correspondent, interviews Ambassador John Sullivan, who served under the Trump and Biden administrations.
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In the News: Putin’s wartime bluster obscures Russia’s precarious future
A year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Hill spoke with Professor Anna Vassilieva, director of the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies.
The Ambassadorial Series | New exclusive interview with former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan
New exclusive interview with former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan. In the latest segment of our Ambassadorial Series, Jill Dougherty talks with John Sullivan about the tense relations between the US and Russia that culminated in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The interview is released as a video, podcast, and transcript.
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Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies incorporates virtual reality (VR) to present new formats of learning
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIRS) has successfully delivered VR educational modules as part of its Monterey Symposium | The World curriculum. In partnership with Meta and Biosphere VR, Altynay Junusova and Yanliang Pan, the lead team members of the Monterey Symposium | The World delivered two interactive sessions on climate change and nuclear proliferation to the symposium’s fellows from North America, Europe, and Asia.
Russian Foreign Policy, Past and Present | A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin
Monterey Conversations | On October 20, 2022, the historian Stephen Kotkin was joined by Michael Kimmage to discuss the long arc of Russian and Soviet foreign policy. He traced several key patterns back to the pre-revolutionary period, consistently exploring the paradoxes of modernization in Russia, which have connected Russia to Europe and brought Russia into conflict with Europe.
Bill McKibben Delivers Climate Talk at Monterey Symposium | The World
In a seminar delivered on October 15 at Monterey Symposium | The World, renowned environmentalist and Middlebury Professor Bill McKibben spoke about the alliance between the fossil fuel industry and geopolitical actors as the fundamental challenge to global climate action.
Launch of the Monterey Trialogue: An Innovative Forum for Global Discussions
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies launches the first Monterey Trialogue, a multi-month program of lectures, roundtables, and exercises aimed at promoting discussions of the most critical international issues while connecting established experts and rising global thinkers across geopolitical divides.