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Nicolai N. Petro is professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island. He has served as special assistant for policy in the U.S. State Department and as civic affairs advisor to the mayor of the Russian city of Novgorod the Great. His books include: The Rebirth of Russian Democracy (Harvard,1995), Russian Foreign Policy (Longman, 1997), and Crafting Democracy (Cornell, 2004).
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63 Articles, 6 Quick Links, 16 Comments, 5 Diaries, 7 Series, 0 Polls
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5 Diaries
Friday, November 13, 2009
Russia is Miscast in the Georgian Tragedy SHARE
In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Western governments miscast a problem that was internal to Georgia as a problem that was external to Georgia. Once Russian neo-imperialism became the problem, enhancing Georgia's military became the obvious solution, with tragic results.
Friday, October 10, 2008
"Dr. Strangelove in the Caucasus; Or, How Saak Goes his War Game On. SHARE
On September 26th I spoke to the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society at the University of Virginia, the nation's oldest.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Orthodoxy in Europe (radio interview) SHARE
After my article appeared in The Christian Science Monitor ("An Orthodox Balm for Europe," October 11), Fr. Chris Metropulos of the Orthodox Christian Network asked me to do a radio interview for his national program "Come Receive the Light."
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Russian Youth Groups SHARE
The best way to counter the exaggerated rhetoric about Nashi and other Russian youth groups that is appearing in the Western press is to allow readers to read them directly, in their own words.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
A Day for Compassion SHARE
My comment "Russian Rights and Estonian Wrongs" (available on OpedNews.com) elicited a number of comments that were published in The Providence Journal. Here is my reply, also published by the Journal.
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