Ismail Lagardien

There is perhaps no greater division of sensitivities and loyalties than that of opinion over the role of Western Europe and North America in world affairs since the end of World War II. Some people think it is devoid of value in application, while others believe it is open to manipulation and may insist that … Read more

Several years ago, I had a student who was interested in Russia. Her interests revolved mainly around political economy, especially the transition from the tsarist era to the Soviet era. I introduced her to the work of Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and other Russian writers and thinkers whose work had a profound and important influence … Read more