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The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part IV: Rebuilding Russia

December 20, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part III: The Role of Religious Dissidents

December 15, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR.  On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part II: The Loss of Moral Legitimacy

December 8, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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The Collapse of the USSR: Insights After Twenty Years, Part I: The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of the Collapse

December 1, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

December 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR. On December 31, 1991, the flag of the…

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Russia’s Out-Migration – the “Third Wave”

June 15, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

In a speech to the Russian Duma (Parliament) on May 10, 2006, then-President Putin called the problem of Russia’s dramatic…

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The Russian Diaspora and Its Settlement in America

March 14, 2010 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

The term “Russian diaspora” refers to the global community of ethnic Russians. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in…

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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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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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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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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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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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