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The Dyason House Podcast S3 #4: Don't Forget About Russia

14 Jul 2019
By Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev
The Russian guided-missile cruiser Varyag at sea. Source: Wikimedia Commons http://bit.ly/32emgM4

In this episode with Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev of Curtin University, head of the Department of Social Sciences & Security Studies and a leading academic in Australia on Russia, we discuss the role that Russia plays in the Pacific, the ways in which soft and hard power can be asserted, and why we should never forget that Russia never gave up its title of super-power.

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Prospects for East-West Détente: Reflections of a Former Western Diplomat

By Tony Kevin
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