On October 17, 2024, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editorial Director and Publisher of The Nation, spoke at this webinar. She used history mixed with first hand experience and a "front row" seat, to explain how US-Russian relations did not have to descend to their lowest and most dangerous point. She followed by laying out elements of a progressive policy of sanity, restraint and diplomacy that is not isolationist but realistic and crafted as a "foreign policy for the middle class."
Katrina vanden Heuvel served as Editor of The Nation from 1995 to 2019 and is currently its Editorial Director and Publisher. She is a frequent commentator on U.S. and international politics on ABC, MSNBC, CNN, and Democracy Now!, with her work also appearing in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and more. From 2013 to 2022, she penned a weekly column for The Washington Post. She is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama. Throughout her distinguished career, Katrina vanden Heuvel has received numerous awards for her contributions to journalism and public service. She serves on the boards of multiple prominent organizations, including The Quincy Institute and The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and is President of The American Committee for US-Russian Accord.
Donald Trump Should Not Repeat Woodrow Wilson’s Failure
April 30th is an important date in American politics. This is the day 100 for the American President in the White House, and all attention will be on the reports of his achievements and failures. But nothing can be more critical than Peace…
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A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
Russia’s invasion has made ordinarily outspoken critics of antisemitism wary of criticizing Ukrainian Nazi collaborators
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Qi Book Talk: The Culture of the Second Cold War by Richard Sakwa
Richard Sakwa has for many years been one of the most distinguished and insightful observers of relations between the West and Russia, and one of the leading critics of Western policy. In this talk with Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, Sakwa discusses his book, The Culture of the Second Cold War (Anthem 2025). The book examines the cultural-political trends and inheritances that underlie the new version of a struggle that we thought we had put behind us in 1989. Sakwa describes both the continuities from the first Cold War and the ways in which new technologies have reshaped strategies and attitudes.