KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and The Nation Magazine present Stephen F. Cohen author of the newly released book, War With Russia? and Katrina vanden Heuvel (Publisher and Editor of The Nation Magazine) on What the New U.S.-Russian Cold War Means for American Politics. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Monday, February 25, 2019 First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA.
Los Angeles EVENT: LA World Affairs Council Hosts Stephen Cohen & Katrina vanden Heuvel
LAWACFebruary 18, 2019
Join us Wednesday, February 27 for a discussion with Stephen Cohen, one of America’s most influential and controversial Russia experts, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, on the new Cold War and how it has been exacerbated by both Washington and the US mainstream media. The discussion will be moderated by UCLA professor of political science and Russia expert Daniel Treisman.
Los Angeles EVENT: Loyola Marymount: The Doshi Family Bridge-builder Award
LMUFebruary 18, 2019
Honoring Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel, for their continued contributions to cross-cultural understanding and willingness to engage issues from new perspectives across a variety of media platforms. Award Ceremony and Discussion Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 | 7 p.m. Loyola Marymount, Roski Dining Room, University Hall.
Paul Robinson: Censors for Democracy
irrussianalityFebruary 15, 2019
This blog was listed as a ‘pro-Kremlin, conspiracy theory, extremist website’. According to its recommendations, therefore, Irrussianality would be censored, tagged red, and hidden by search engines. If a moderate academic website like this can be labelled in this way, who can possibly consider themselves safe? Anybody who’s not marching in lockstep with the guardians’ narrative is liable to find themselves a target.
Patrick Armstrong: Russia Observer
russia observerFebruary 14, 2019
How much better off we’d be if Trump had never uttered the words “Russia” or “Putin”…
Gareth Porter: The Real Motive Behind the FBI Plan to Investigate Trump as a Russian Agent
consortium newsFebruary 14, 2019
The idea that American citizens were somehow at risk of being led by an agent of the Russian government “wittingly or unwittingly” did not appear spontaneously. It had been pushed aggressively by former CIA Director John O. Brennan both during and after his role in pressing for the original investigation.
James Carroll: The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Rolls Off the Nuclear Assembly Line
HNN/Tom DispatchFebruary 13, 2019
Last month, the National Nuclear Security Administration (formerly the Atomic Energy Commission) announced that the first of a new generation of strategic nuclear weapons had rolled off the assembly line at its Pantex nuclear weapons plant in the panhandle of Texas.
Mary Dejevsky: Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un is it shows what could have been with Russia
the independentFebruary 13, 2019
The change that has come about in Asia has been welcome. Similar things could have been achieved in Europe, had we allowed Trump to treat Putin the way he treated his North Korean counterpart.
PODCAST: Retropod: The Soviet officer who stopped World War III
WAPOFebruary 12, 2019
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, trusted his gut and averted a global nuclear catastrophe.
Paul Robinson: Three Russias
irrussianalityFebruary 12, 2019
This week, the American press, and in particular the New York Times, has provided us with three contrasting images of Russia. Let’s take a look at each in turn.