Mollie Messick MATESOL '21

Monterey Conversations on Russia’s Wild 1990s and NATO and the EU

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2022-06-17T07:27:53-0700

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine turning into a war of attrition, Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIR) invited seven experts on Europe, NATO, and Russia for two online panel discussions devoted to probing underexplored causes and consequences of the war.

MIR Hosts Internationally Recognized Expert on South Caucasus Olesya Vartanyan

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2022-05-10T09:06:30-0700

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIR) hosted Olesya Vartanyan, a senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on the three breakaway regions in the South Caucasus on May 5.

MIR Hosts Panel Discussion on the Role of Memory in the War in Ukraine

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2022-04-27T11:44:29-0700

Jade McGlynn, senior researcher at the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies, spoke with Ivan Krastev of the Center for Liberal Strategies and Michael Kimmage of Catholic University of America in a webinar titled “Prisoners of History? Memory, Myth-Making, and Russia’s War on Ukraine” on April 15.

The Return of the Taliban: Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies Hosts Panel Discussion on Afghanistan

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2021-09-28T13:10:47-0700

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIR) recently hosted a panel discussion on the Afghanistan crisis and its regional and global consequences. Panelists included Dr. Elena Chernenko, special correspondent at the Kommersant daily newspaper in Moscow; Anatol Lieven, senior fellow for Russia and Europe at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Rakesh Sood, distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation; and Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent.

Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia Connects Students with Experts on U.S.-Russia Relations

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21, Jason Warburg — 2021-09-15T07:51:34-0700

The immersive seven-week symposium offered 15 enrolled fellows the chance to hear from and interact with an extraordinary panel of experts on Russian identity and U.S.-Russia relations, from former New START treaty negotiators to the current Russian ambassador to the U.S.

Fifth Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia Concludes

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2021-08-09T05:40:45-0700

The fifth annual Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia (MSSR) concluded after seven weeks of immersive study that brought together 15 fellows with 58 experts to engage in bilingual analysis and discussion of Russia-West relations.

MIIS Students Attend Harvard University’s Red Horizon Exercise

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2020-12-14T12:05:40-0800

The Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) sponsored the participation of three Middlebury Institute students in Red Horizon, an immersive global crisis exercise hosted by the Negotiation Task Force at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

GIRS Sponsors Student Attendance at International Conference

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2020-11-30T13:46:04-0800

The Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS) funded four Middlebury Institute students to attend the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) annual convention on November 5-8 and November 14-15, 2020.

Internationally Recognized Journalist Vladimir Pozner Speaks with GIRS Students

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2020-11-14T10:52:34-0800

Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Vladimir Pozner spoke with students in 400- and 500-level Russian courses about the development of mass media in Russia, the deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations, and the changing nature of how information is received through technology.

New Yorker Reporter Yaffa Speaks to GIRS Students

Mollie Messick MATESOL '21 — 2020-11-06T11:03:15-0800

Joshua Yaffa, a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, discussed his book, Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise, with students in 400- and 500-level Russian courses on November 5 in a conversation hosted by the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies (GIRS).