Overview
U.S. Global Engagement Program Director David Speedie interviews Russians and Americans who played a role in the end of the Cold War.
AUG 5, 2011 • Podcast
Thomas E. Graham on the End of the Cold War and Beyond
Graham discusses the turbulent period of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s in Russia, including the relationship between Yeltsin and Gorbachev and the role ...
AUG 5, 2011 • Transcript
Thomas E. Graham on the End of the Cold War and Beyond
Graham discusses the turbulent period of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s in Russia, including the relationship between Yeltsin and Gorbachev and the role ...
AUG 1, 2011 • Podcast
Gennady Burbulis on the Dissolution of the USSR
Burbulis was one of the drafters and signers of the 1991 Belavezha Accords, which declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved. In this interview he discusses the ...
AUG 1, 2011 • Transcript
Gennady Burbulis on the Dissolution of the USSR
Burbulis was one of the drafters and signers of the 1991 Belavezha Accords, which declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved. In this interview he discusses the ...
JUL 18, 2011 • Podcast
Ambassador Jack Matlock on the 1991 Soviet Coup Attempt
Today, almost all Russians are convinced that the U.S. brought down the USSR by military and economic pressure. But this is the opposite of ...
JUL 18, 2011 • Transcript
Ambassador Jack Matlock on the 1991 Soviet Coup Attempt
Today, almost all Russians are convinced that the U.S. brought down the USSR by military and economic pressure. But this is the opposite of ...
JUN 14, 2011 • Podcast
Alexandr Urmanov on Democratic Elections and Campaigning for Yeltsin
Urmanov recalls his relationship with Yeltsin--he directed his presidential campaign in 1989/1990--and with the Krieble Institute, which trained Russians in election techniques. Urmanov brought Institute ...
JUN 14, 2011 • Transcript
Alexandr Urmanov on Democratic Elections and Campaigning for Yeltsin
Urmanov recalls his relationship with Yeltsin--he directed his presidential campaign in 1989/1990--and with the Krieble Institute, which trained Russians in election techniques. Urmanov brought Institute ...
JUN 10, 2011 • Podcast
Mikhail Reznikov on Working to Bring Democracy to Russia
When Krieble Institute representatives from the U.S. first visited Russia, it was "like a collision of civilizations," recalls Reznikov. He got involved in Russian ...
MAY 19, 2011 • Podcast
Interview with Gavriil Popov, First Democratically Elected Mayor of Moscow
Gavriil Popov was mayor of Moscow in the turbulent days of the early 1990s, and his key appointees played crucial roles in bringing about the ...