In this video cast I will be breaking down US-Russia tensions. I will be discussing the history of Russia’s government, the Cold War, Putin’s Russia and much more. 

Additional articles and books to become even more of an expert!

– “From Cold War To Hot Peace” by Mike McFaul

– Glasser, Susan B. “Putin the Great.” Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2020, www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2019-08-12/putin-great.

– Yevgenia Albats, Catherine Belton. “How Putin Changed Russia Forever.” Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/07/how-putin-changed-russia-forever/

– Stent, Angela. “Why Are US-Russia Relations so Challenging?” Brookings, Brookings, 29 Apr. 2020, www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/why-are-us-russia-relations-so-challenging/.

Some Funny Cartoons

Primary Sources
– “50,000 Demonstrate in Moscow in Fifth Weekend of Protests for Fair Elections.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-10/50-000-demonstrate-in-moscow-in-third-weekend-of-protests-for-fair-elections

– Cohen, Marshall. “Trump versus US Intelligence on Russian Election Interference.” CNN, Cable News Network, 19 July 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/trump-versus-us-intelligence-on-russian-election-interference/index.html.”

– Desk, India Today Web. “Bromance: Portrait of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump Kissing Is Going Viral.” India Today, 15 May 2016, www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/bromance-portrait-of-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-kissing-is-going-viral-323616-2016-05-15.

– The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Vladimir Putin.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 10 Jan. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Putin.

– “Execution of the Romanov Family.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 July https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_the_Romanov_family

– Hille, Kathrin. “Putin: Russia’s Great Propagandist.” Subscribe to Read | Financial Times, Financial Times, 16 Apr. 2014, www.ft.com/content/3c8495d0-c0ba-11e3-a74d-00144feabdc0.

– History.com Editors. “Russia: A Timeline.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 19 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/topics/russia/russia-timeline.

– History.com Editors. “Vladimir Lenin.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/topics/russia/vladimir-lenin.

– Holland, Steve.”Boris and Bill Show Loses Half Its Team.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 24 Apr. 2007, www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-yeltsin-clinton/boris-and-bill-show-loses-half-its-team-idUSN2331485520070424.

– Menon, Rajan. “Don’t Believe the Hype. Russia Is Losing in the Middle East-and Around the World.”Foreign Policy, 18 Nov. 2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/18/vladimir-putin-russia-losing-power-middle-east-central-asia-africa-eastern-europe/

– “Russia- United States Relations.”Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 July 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations

– “START II.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 July 2020