Harlow Robinson

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.

Boston Herald

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 […]