How can previous conflicts inform what is happening in Ukraine? What is the credibility of the UN in conflict mediation? What should the stance of
The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies condemns the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine and the brutal war it is conducting against the Ukrainian people.
What is Putin’s mental state? Is this the autumn of Putinism? Is the invasion a legitimate response to NATO expansion? This week, RBI director John Torpey talks to Queens College Professor Julie George about the real motives behind the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the role of NATO and the U.S. in the invasion, the views of Russians and Ukrainians about the war, Putin’s miscalculations of the world’s reaction, and the prospects of nuclear weapons being deployed in the conflict.
Ellen Chesler talks with former director of UNIFEM Noeleen Heyzer about what was to be a woman in leadership, the constraints of advancing an agenda
Angling for spoils in 1899: Britain reels in Egypt, while Russia tugs at China. Cartoonist Fred W. Rose made sure the Czar had his boots
What do the patches in Tom Cruise’s jacket tell us about China? How is China shaping the entertainment? What do the preferences of Chinese moviegoers
In the United States and Europe we live today in what seems to be a sea of populism; some on the left, some on the