by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Mar 23, 2026 | News, Read, Spotlights, Student, Student Spotlight
What region/topics are you focusing on at the Harriman Institute/SIPA? I’m interested in the successes and limitations of U.S.-targeted, “smart” sanctions against a range of actors that pose similar threats to regional security and stability, including Russian...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Mar 10, 2026 | Alumni, Beyond the Scoop, Listen, News, Read, Uncategorized
Sarah Mendelson (Ph.D., Political Science, GSAS ‘93) has been working in democracy and human rights promotion for decades, including posts in the Obama Administration, first leading USAID’s democracy, human rights and governance work and later as U.S. Ambassador to...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Feb 26, 2026 | MARS-REERS, News, Read, Spotlights, Student Spotlight
Nicholas Dore received a PepsiCo Fellowship for Research Travel/Study and a Summer Language Study Fellowship to travel to the region and study Ukrainian. What region/topics are you focusing on at the Harriman Institute? I focus on Russian foreign and security policy....
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Feb 9, 2026 | Beyond the Scoop, Faculty, News, Read
In the first episode of Beyond the Scoop, Season 2, editor Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews former Harriman Institute Director Timothy Frye about his essay for the 2026 issue of “Harriman Magazine,” which tracks the evolution of U.S. soft power through...
by Masha Udensiva-Brenner | Feb 4, 2026 | Central Asia, News, Read, Russia
A recent investigation from the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), “Putin’s pipeline: How the Kremlin outmaneuvered Western oil companies to wrest control of vast flows of Kazakhstan’s crude,” uses material from the Harriman...
