Our most significant achievement during those years was fostering unmediated contact between Western scholars and Soviet social scientists working in the vast network of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The effect was like opening the window of a sealed room.
South Africa tilts east;
Report: America needs Africa's mineral wealth;
Why Senegal matters;
Russia dips its toe into Africa's nuclear energy market
Israel's crisis, India's workforce;
Sri Lanka scrambles for an economic lifeline;
A refuge in India... for some;
Now Delhi is courting the Taliban, too
NATO rushes to defend Ukraine's airspace;
Moscow's plan to destabilize America;
Germany rolls up Russian spy and sabotage network;
Demonizing the opposition;
A Russian maritime threat to the Baltic Sea;
Russian scientist jailed for treason
Border official acquitted…;
...While ex-defense personnel move into the crosshairs…;
....As Ukraine's agriculture minister falls from grace;
Another step toward partnership with Europe;
Strong-arming foreign investors... again