| by Jarlath McGuckin
Journalist and author, Vladimir Pozner, delivered two in-person lectures at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies on November 9 and 11.
Mr. Pozner’s Tuesday talk and discussion focused on the latest in his series of documentary travelogue films in which he and late-night talk show host Ivan Urgant travel along the Volga river “in search of the Russian soul.” On Thursday, Mr. Pozner focused instead on issues of deteriorating U.S.-Russia relations, the media landscape in both countries, and fielded questions about everything from the Belarus-Poland border crisis to the gap in understanding between young and old in Russia.
Mr. Pozner’s visit was co-sponsored by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies and Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy.
| by Irene Fernald
The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIR) recently hosted the world’s leading expert on Mongolia-Russia relations, Dr. Yury Kruchkin, for a series of lectures to Russian language students at MIIS and the Defense Language Institute.
| by Mollie Messick MATESOL '21
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Vladimir Pozner spoke with students in 400- and 500-level Russian courses about the development of mass media in Russia, the deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations, and the changing nature of how information is received through technology.
| by Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 and Jason Warburg
The immersive seven-week symposium offered 15 enrolled fellows the chance to hear from and interact with an extraordinary panel of experts on Russian identity and U.S.-Russia relations, from former New START treaty negotiators to the current Russian ambassador to the U.S.
