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Insights from the Khrushchev Era (Part II)

February 5, 2005 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

William Taubman’s award-winning biography of Khrushchev (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY,…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Pre-1991 History

Insights from the Khrushchev Era (Part I)

January 1, 2005 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

William Taubman’s awarding-winning biography of Khrushchev (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY,…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Pre-1991 History

A Treasured Russian Tradition is Violated

September 6, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

The Pageantry of the First Day of School In Russia, September 1 is the first day of school. It is…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Education

Russia’s Search for Identity

August 15, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

In the decade since the collapse of Communism, a proud but troubled Russian nation has struggled to find a post-Soviet…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

Soft Power, the USSR and the Cold War

May 10, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

In 1990, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a Professor at Harvard University, published a book entitled Bound to Lead: The Changing…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Pre-1991 History

Religion as Social Capital in America and in Russia

April 1, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Over the past twenty years, the concept of social capital has attracted a great deal of attention among scholars in…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Religious Life in Russia

Russia’s Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov

March 20, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Russia is a complex and fascinating country and, after thirteen years of experience working in Russia, I still have much…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Literature

Russia’s “Experiment” with Democracy

February 5, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Robert Service, Professor of Russian History at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, has a distinguished record as an analyst of…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

The Second Russian Revolution: A British Perspective

January 20, 2004 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Rodric Braithwaite, the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Russia from 1988 through 1992, has written a fascinating book…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

Nation-Building: A Comparison, Part V

October 19, 2003 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

For the introduction to this series of essays, see the opening paragraphs of the April 2003 issue of “Reflections on…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Post-Communist Development

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Reflections on Russia

  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Literature

Reflections on Shalom

  • Old Testament Foundations
  • Jesus’ Palestinian Context
  • Jesus’ Birth & Youth
  • Jesus in Action
  • Jesus’ Teachings
  • Palm Sunday – Golgatha
  • Resurrection – Pentecost
  • Apostles’ Teachings on Shalom
  • Conclusion
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