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An Identity Crisis in Europe’s Russian Frontier

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesBaltic Defense Line, Baltic Sea, border violations, Bronze Night, Bronze Soldier, Chris Sproesser, cultural divide, economics, Estonia, Great Patriotic War, Heritage, identity crisis, internet cables, Iron Curtain, Ivangorod, Kremlin, marginalization, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, Narva, Narva Castle, Narva River, NATO, Putin, reconciliation, refugees, Riigikogu, Russia, Russian minority, Russian studies, Russian-language schools, social cohesion, sovereignty, Soviet monuments, Soviet occupation, stability, T-34 tank, Ukraine, Ulysses S. Grant, University of South Carolina, Victory Day, Yale Review of International Studies.

An Identity Crisis in Europe’s Russian Frontier

Chris Sproesser0 Comments

A cultural feud over the legacy of the American Civil War has raged in the United States for over 150 years, pitting sympathizers of the Lost Cause against their opponents…

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Is America’s Foreign Policy Incoherent?

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, attack, Budapest, China, Czech, East Asia, Foreign Policy, Iron Curtain, Japan, nazis, Nuclear Deterrence, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Vietnam, Weinberger Doctrine

Is America’s Foreign Policy Incoherent?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

American history is imbued with a long-standing skepticism of intervention and long-term commitments that began with George Washington’s farewell address. While there is wisdom in this view, it is even…

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