Videos

Jonathan Kwitny the author of, Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II, talked about John Paul’s role in the end of the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc in Eastern…

Michael Goldstein spoke about the constitutional changes ongoing in the Russian Republic and the prospects for the future.

Participants, in a forum sponsored by the Kennan Institute, discussed the future of the Russian Republic after the elections and the role of nationalism. German research analyst Alexander Rahr…

Mr. Schwartz discussed the judicial system in Russia. He focused on the Russian Constitutional court and its successes and failures for the past two years.

Michael Dobbs offered his assessment in the events in Russia. He spoke on the history of the breakup of the Communist Party and the difficulties Soviet citizens have faced ever since. He…

Mr. Valeril Khmelko from the University Kiev-Mohila Academy Kiev, Ukraine presented a report on the political affiliations of the Ukrainian population to an audience at the Woodrow Wilson Center.…

Robin Laird, researcher for the Institute for Defense Analysis, discussed the “New Europe” following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the unification of Germany in a seminar sponsored by…

Professor Thomas Remington, a political science professor at Emory University, presented a lecture on how the coup in the Soviet Union affected political institutions within the Soviet…

Blair Ruble, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute and author of the book “Leningrad: Shaping a Soviet City” discussed this week’s failed coup in the Soviet Union. The coup…

The Woodrow Wilson Center sponsored this discussion of Soviet policy in Latin America under perestroika. Sergei Tagor, a research Fellow at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and Cole Blasher,…

The assistant secretary of state discussed human rights changes in the Soviet Union under perestroika.

Panel discussion on Eastern Europe’s future and changing identities in USSR.

This is a discussion on “Politics of Ethnic Processes in the USSR”