On the Midd Moment podcast, Anna Vassilieva and Peter Slezkine talk about their work shaping the Monterey Trialogue. This project brings together leading experts from the United States, China, and Russia for in-depth discussions of their countries’ interests and concerns in the vital regions of the world.
Libiao Pan, MANPTS ‘18, has been accepted into the War Studies Research MPhil/PhD program of King’s College London. His research will focus on understanding China’s contributions and engagement in export controls and counter proliferation financing in fulfilling UNSCR 1540 obligations.
Kieran Ficken (Joint MBA/MA International Environmental Policy), Libiao Pan (MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies), Margo Poda (Joint MBA/MA in International Policy and Development), and Hayley Manges (BA in International Politics and Economics) will conduct field research in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk in March 2018.
Noah Mayhew, MANPTS ‘18, has been awarded the Alfa Fellowship. This program is a distinguished international initiative that each year offers up to 18 accomplished young Americans, Britons, and Germans the opportunity to complete a high-level professional development program in Russia.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Journalist and author Vladimir Pozner told his audience at the Middlebury Institute that the key to improved U.S.-Russia relations is to understand the latter’s language, history, and culture.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Next-generation Russia experts gained invaluable training at an eight-week summer symposium offered by the Middlebury Institute’s Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies, with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Professor Anna Vassilieva on life in the Soviet Union and the state of U.S.-Russia relations.
