On September 30, 2023, the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy (SMER) party surprised many by garnering more votes than expected in Slovakia’s parliamentary elections. They won the largest share of...
On November 9th, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Huatala and former Spokesperson for the US Department of State Morgan Ortagus held a forum at Vanderbilt University to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as Finland’s...
On Thursday, October 13th, the economy received quite a shock when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported that inflation drastically rose to 8.2% in September compared to the year prior. While this change...
“Vladimir Putin has catastrophically miscalculated the initial outcome of the war,” Dr. Anna Borshchevskaya stated when asked by Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of History Thomas Schwartz about...
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For decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has laid claim to their neighbor, the Republic of China (otherwise known as Taiwan),...
This December, Russia issued several security demands to American diplomats, calling on NATO to halt its eastward expansion of alliances, to remove troops from former Soviet territories, and end Western...
Following a controversial referendum last Sunday to withdraw from Ukraine, officials were met by cheering crowds as they reported that nearly 96% of Crimeans wanted to join Russia. Of course, the vote...
Conventional wisdom portrays Putin as a master tactician. He isn’t one.
Less than a week after the Sochi Olympics reached a coda, Russia invaded Ukraine, violating a millennial tradition of Olympic...
With three months of continuous protesting, the riots in Ukraine are playing out with the typical high drama of Russian politics. Many Ukrainians want the Ukraine to move closer to Europe, while the rest...
