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Sergey S. Radchenko is a Soviet-born British-Russian historian. He is the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A.… more

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This is just gold.
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Honored to interview President Yushchenko for my forthcoming book on the Russia-Ukraine war. It's important to understand the historical context of the Russian invasion. If we start in 2022, we risk missing out on the essential.
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Holy smoke. This is something else: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o.... If you read anything today, read this. Just ordered the book.
‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink
Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse
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The collection of interviews will eventually be made available to historians (subject to permissions), though not in any foreseeable future. For now, the wounds are too fresh. But this work must be done, and it is being done.
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Together with my brilliant RA Peter Sies (SAIS-2024) (R) had a very candid, interesting meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C). This is all part of my big project on the history of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which will eventually lead to a very big book.
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And, as a bonus, here is the final paragraph that didn't make it into the oped for reasons of length.
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I argue, too, that Europe should now step into the shoes vacated by the United States, which means learning to talk to the Russians through back-channels. This is important to avoid miscalculation and inadvertent escalation. During the Cold War, the U.S. did it all the time.
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I have a new piece with The Guardian where I look into the history of aerial confrontations going back to the Cold War. I argue that intruding Russian aircraft must be shot down as a prophylactic measure. There will not be a nuclear war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko
Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalation, says academic Sergey Radchenko
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Karaganov on Ukraine. A crazy document from August 1991. Speaking of the long roots of the current conflict. open.substack.com/pub/profradc...
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A long-standing obsession.
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Karaganov on Ukraine.

A long-standing obsession. I’ve come across quite a remarkable document signed by Sergei Karaganov who at the time was the Deputy Head of the Europe Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The document, dated August 29, 1991, analyses Soviet policy towards Ukraine, spells out the dangers of Ukraine’s independence for Russia, and proposes a series of measures to keep Ukraine in the Russian sphere of influence. I’ll reproduce the entire thing below, but here are some highlights:

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#OpEd It is increasingly obvious that Europe, Ukraine, and Russia will be the main losers of this war. Trump's America is willing to let that happen, warns Sergey Radchenko.
The Real Losers of Russia’s War: Ukraine, Europe and Russia Itself - The Moscow Times
Opinion | United States President Donald Trump has a remarkable ability to be appear differently to different people.
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