by Ben Hooyman | Jun 8, 2026 | News, Read, Russia
Victoria Frede has published an article in Kritika’s “Classics in Retrospect” series on Richard Wortman’s influential two-volume monograph “Scenarios of Power.” Frede is particularly interested in the reception history of the work...
by Ben Hooyman | Jun 5, 2026 | News, Read, Russia
Thomas Kent has published “A Precarious Balance” – a new article in Persuasion arguing that caution and restraint are needed in taking undemocratic steps to protect the norms and institutions of liberal democracy. Examining recent, high-profile examples –...
by Ben Hooyman | May 20, 2026 | News, Read, Russia
The Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum has published a roundtable review of Michael David-Fox’s “Crucibles of Power: Smolensk under Stalinist and Nazi Rule” (Harvard University Press, 2025). Harvard University Press describes...
by Ben Hooyman | May 18, 2026 | News, Read
The Goethe-Institut announced that Max Lawton has been awarded the 2026 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his rendering of the mammoth, thousand-plus-page German novel “Schattenfroh” by Michael Lentz. The jury statement accompanying the...
by Ben Hooyman | May 11, 2026 | News, Read, Russia
The Sundial has published an article celebrating the extraordinary teaching of Tatiana Mikhailova (Lecturer in Russian). While extolling the “rewarding, challenging, and borderline cathartic experience” of her class, the article also provides a...
