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This ancient monastery in Kyiv is at the heart of Putin’s spurious rationale for the war in Ukraine

Harlow Robinson, emeritus professor of history at Northeastern University, remembers visiting the Caves Monastery in 1971 as part of the Yale Russian chorus. “It was one of the most otherworldly experiences I’ve ever had,” he says, recalling the narrow maze of underground cells illuminated only by candlelight.

From ‘Doctor Zhivago’ to ‘The Americans,’ looking at Russia through Hollywood’s lens

Hollywood has long had a fascination with Russia. Here & Now’s Robin Young looks at how that fascination often reflects American culture with Harlow Robinson, professor of history at Northeastern University and author of “Russians In Hollywood: Hollywood’s Russians.”

How Is Rex Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State Pick, Going to Handle Russia?

To learn more about what all this means for US-Russia relations, I called Harlow Robinson, a history professor at Northeastern University, who told me among other things that Tillerson’s conflicts of interests were unprecedented and that Russian hackers will never relent. Here’s what we talked about.

Putin defies Obama, troops take Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops took over Crimea yesterday, defying President Obama’s warnings to stand down and dramatically raising the stakes in a showdown where the United States has limited military and political options, experts say. Some 15,000 Russian troops were in Crimea after the Russian parliament greenlighted Putin’s request to put boots on the […]

The ‘roller coaster’ relationship between US, Russia

As the FBI continues to investigate the possible connection between the Trump administration and the Kremlin, we asked professor Harlow Robinson, a Russian history expert, to reflect on the evolution of U.S.-Russia relations since the Cold War. “Perhaps the biggest mistake would be to treat Russia as though it doesn’t matter,” he says.

Unprecedented, unpredictable road ahead for US-Russia relations

As Donald Trump prepares to take office, it’s unclear what may lie ahead for the U.S. and Russia, says Russian history and culture expert Harlow Robinson. What is clear, though, is that the Trump era has already begun to change the face of the global landscape. According to Robinson, we could be entering “a very strange era.”

3Qs: Snowden gets asylum in Russia

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about two highly classified surveillance programs in June, was granted one-year asylum by Russia on Thursday. The move defied calls from the Obama administration for Russia to extradite Snowden to the U.S. to face charges over the leak. We asked Harlow Robinson, Matthews Distinguished […]

3Qs: What elections mean for Russia

Following parliamentary elections in Russia on Sunday, protests broke out across the country this week amid allegations of voter fraud. The elections kept Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party in power, but revealed a drastic decline in support for the party and significantly decreased its number of seats in Parliament. We asked Harlow Robinson, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and an expert in Russian and Soviet cultural history, to analyze the situation.

And the award goes to…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Northeastern professor Harlow Robinson a 2009 Academy Film Scholar

The Berlin Wall in Retrospect

This Monday marks the twentieth anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. Three Northeastern professors discuss the progress of a capitalist Russia on the world stage and the prospects for a return to Cold War antagonisms.