Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, academics with expertise in Russian history and politics were suddenly in demand and sought out for their ability to help contextualize Russia’s...
Faculty, staff and students gathered in Doyle Banquet Hall on March 21 to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine during “The War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion.”
Lisa Baglione, Ph.D., professor of...
How war in Ukraine reminds us to uphold free press
Last week, student and professional journalists across the globe celebrated Sunshine Week. Sunshine week, created by the News Leaders Association,...
Hundreds of Ukrainian Americans and supporters gathered over the weekend in solidarity with Ukraine. On Feb. 25, the Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Philadelphia organized a rally outside of City Hall....
Russia invades Ukraine
Just before midnight Eastern time on Feb. 23, which was 6 a.m. the next day in Ukraine, Russian troops and tanks began pouring over the border checkpoints in Crimea, Donbass,...
How NATO backed Russia into a corner
In 1984, during a time of heightened tensions between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Soviet Union in the Cold War, former U.S. President...
The power to put in votes
On Sept. 19, the final few Russians casted their ballots in the election for the Russian State Duma, Russia’s national legislature. This began the government’s monumental...
Suspending the INF treaty causes serious geopolitical concerns
In the year 1987, two of the largest world powers came together to sign a treaty that would halt the development of nuclear missiles within...
What Buzzfeed's piece says about the nature of the presidency
Trying to understand the entirety of President Donald Trump’s Russia scandal is as difficult as trying to walk across a tightrope over...
The problem with unfiltered information on Facebook
When certain industries are deemed excessively large or influential, they are often highlighted by the media or government as being “too big.” This...
Robert Mueller brought the first charges in the Russia investigation. Here is what you need to know about those charges.
What is the Russian investigation?
The Russia probe was opened about a...
