Moscow: Building a New Third Rome?
Dr. Marina Oborotova, CFIS-AIA April 3, 2018 Holy Moscow, New Rome, Center of Russia – these names reflect some of the different facets of the City’s ever changing identity throughout centuries. Since its founding nearly 900 years ago, Moskva grew from a small...
Ethics and Espionage: A Marriage Made in Heaven or Mutually Exclusive?
Dr. Stephen Slick, University of Texas and Douglas Wise February 25, 2018 Can a profession where lying, cheating, stealing, manipulating, exploiting and deceiving have boundaries beyond which a moral intelligence officer cannot cross? Or did Nathan Hale define it as...
Russian Literature: The Best Novel of the 20th Century? Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita
Dr. Marina Oborotova, CFIS-AIA March 11, 2018 Have you ever heard about Mikhail Bulgakov and his Master and Margarita? Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, as well as the foremost of Soviet satires. It is one of the greatest love...
Donald Trump and the Jacksonian Tradition in American Foreign Relations
Dr. Daniel Feller, University of Tennessee March 18, 2018 Donald Trump claims Andrew Jackson as his presidential model, and many of his critics agree. Foreign Affairs has called the Trump phenomenon a resurgence of “Jacksonian populist nationalism,” and the...
Goddesses of Love in the Ancient World: From Ishtar to Aphrodite
Dr. Diana McDonald, Boston College February 11, 2018 The fabled Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the grandest ancient building — a magnificent Greek temple, with a famous cult statue. The temple is now mostly...
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