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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Writing for PS since 1997
188 commentaries
4 videos & podcasts

Nina L. Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School, is the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler), most recently, of In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones (St. Martin's Press, 2019).

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  1. Russia’s Nostalgia Machine
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Jan 22, 2025 Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.

  2. Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?
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    Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?

    Dec 3, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva traces the grim history of territorial divisions like the one that Donald Trump seems to be envisioning.

  3. How Trump Won
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    How Trump Won

    Nov 6, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva points the finger at a nihilistic voter base, profit-hungry business leaders, and craven Republican politicians.

  4. First Trump Came for the Immigrants
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    First Trump Came for the Immigrants

    Oct 25, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva warns that mass deportations will carry high costs, not just for the economy, but for America’s soul.

  5. The Sources of Russian Conduct
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    The Sources of Russian Conduct

    Sep 30, 2024 Nina L. Khrushcheva warns Western leaders that if they push Vladimir Putin too far, he may well do something unthinkable.

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    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

     see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

     predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.

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