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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Nina L. Khrushcheva

Writing for PS since 1997
166 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. How Russians Fight
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    How Russians Fight

    Apr 26, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva points to evidence that Kremlin propaganda justifying the Ukraine war is failing to win over ordinary people.

  2. Xi’s the Boss
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    Xi’s the Boss

    Mar 29, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva says the Chinese leader's recent visit to Moscow was intended, first and foremost, to show who is in charge.

  3. Russian Culture in the Gulag
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    Russian Culture in the Gulag

    Feb 23, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva dreads to think what kind of country the Kremlin’s assault on artists and performers will leave behind.

  4. Assassinated Are the Peacemakers?
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    Assassinated Are the Peacemakers?

    Jan 25, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva highlights the grave risks that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would incur by negotiating with Russia.

  5. Russian Muppets or American Puppets?
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    Russian Muppets or American Puppets?

    Jan 3, 2023 Nina L. Khrushcheva considers the successes and failures of Sesame Street’s 15-year run in a country the US still misunderstands.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

     thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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