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Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies released a new segment of the Monterey Conversations - an interview with the former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation John Sullivan.
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Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies announces a new cohort of fellows of the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2023
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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.
A year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Hill spoke with Professor Anna Vassilieva, director of the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
