Why is NATO Important? – Sten Rynning
To mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of NATO, we are sharing this extract from Sten Rynning’s new book, NATO: From Cold War…
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An Interview with Geoffrey Roberts about ‘Stalin’s Library’
An interview with Geoffrey Roberts by Jiwan Lee of NermerBooks upon the publication of the Korean edition of Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and His…
Navalny and the Evolution of the Opposition – an extract from Ben Judah’s ‘Fragile Empire’
First published in 2014, Ben Judah’s book Fragile Empire is the result of his travels throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics where he…
Collapse – 50 Years in 50 Books
Published in 2021, Vladislav Zubok’s book Collapse is a major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to…
The Vory – 50 Years in 50 Books
Mark Galeotti’s book The Vory is the first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia’s much-feared crime…
Stalin: A Reading List
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 in a reign marked by ruthless tyranny and the deaths of…
Two Dresden Nights – an extract from ‘Not One Inch’ by M. E. Sarotte
In his annual press conference in December 2021, Vladimir Putin said, “‘Not one inch to the East,’ they told us in the nineties. So…
Turkey and the War in Ukraine
Dimitar Bechev, author of Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West, writes about Turkey’s role as a mediator in…
Stalin and His Books: The Librarian’s Tale
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited from Lenin and was responsible for…
Jewish History & Culture: Emma Goldman
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from Vivian Gornick’s biography of Emma Goldman, part of our…
How do you talk to a Russian gangster?
In The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia, otherwise known as vory v zakone. After two decades of…
Russia and Politics in Southeast Europe by Dimitar Bechev
From Belgrade to Ankara and from Athens to Bucharest, Russia seems to be on the mind of everyone in Southeast Europe in recent years. …
5 Books to Read Right Now: Current Affairs
2017 has been an unpredictable year in world politics. To help you cut through the clamour of the news cycle, we have curated a list…
Picture a Revolution: Russian and Soviet Art Books from Yale
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and ushered in the rise of the…
The Last Days of Stalin: An Extract
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2023 it will be 70 years since the death of Joseph Stalin, the man who was…
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