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- One year after Russia's Vladimir Putin pulled Crimea back under the purview of his government, polling data shows the majority of ethnic Ukrainians and Russians living there like this turn of events. So, was it an act of repression, or a welcome
- Joe Bryan's book Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas published by Guilford Press.
- One year since Crimea was annexed by Russia, polling reveals that (with the notable exception of the Tatars) the new order enjoys legitimacy among the population.Russia’s annexation of Crimea was an illegal act under international law. It is also an
- Ian Rowen's article, "Inside Taiwan's Sunflower Movement: Twenty-Four Days in a Student-Occupied Parliament, and the Future of the Region", has been published in the February 2015 issue of The Journal of Asian Studies.His article, based on
- The downing of Malaysian Airlines (MH) Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in the summer of 2014 was a horrific crime. Innocent travelers from 10 countries lost their lives, with the Netherlands losing 193 citizens. The Dutch Safety Board is due to
- John O'Loughlin was interviewed in a Russian - language TV report on a talk he and his colleague, Gerard Toal (a former student of Johno's from Monaghan, now at Virginia Tech) gave at the Kennan Institute Wilson Center in Washington DC February 13,
- Julia will serve as the Lead Graduate Teacher for the Department of Geography for the 2015-16 academic year.See more at Graduate Teacher Program >
- It is well known that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine, annexing Crimea in March 2004, and sponsoring rebels thereafter in eastern Ukraine, generated high levels of support for him in Russia in 2014. But how popular is Putin in
- The Department of Geography mourns the death of Paul Talbot, a former graduate student who received his PhD in 2004. Paul died on December 6th, 2014 in Champaign, Il. He had been in a coma for 9 years after a car accident in Thailand where he was
- Read Ian Rowen's article "Umbrella politics: What American Movements Can Learn from the Hong Kong Protests"