council of europe at 70 — achievements and concerns

Members of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe take part in debate on the functioning of democratic institutions Turkey, at Council of Europe Strasbourg, France, April 25, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Council of Europe, Europe's leading human rights body, is celebrating its 70th birthday this week, and it's..

at the théâtre de la ville « lrb blog

James Meek wrote about its origins for LRB 2015 three-year shoot that saw huge cast and crew going in crazily detailed, policed reconstruction of Soviet scientific institute on the edge of Kharkiv, the story of the life and work of the physicist and free love Lev Landau. ..

a cuban spring?

Under Raúl, the country is taking steps to transform the economy, and discussion is erupting over the dismantling of Communist model. Julio Díaz Vázquez, economist at University of Havana, declares. ..

the sources of soviet conduct [excerpt]

By the adroit and vigilant application of counterforce at series of shifting geographical and political points,   Soviet pressure against the free institutions of the Western world is something that can be contained, corresponding to the shifts and maneuvers of Soviet policy, and. ..

pietro shakarian

Prior to OSU, he earned his MA Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, his MLIS at Kent State University, and his BA History at John Carroll University Cleveland.. ..

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