by Patricia H. Kushlis | Mar 2, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The Blame Game had already begun less than 24 hours after Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge in the shadow of the Kremlin. The Russian propaganda machine – well in overdrive for a year – is now pointing the finger...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 2, 2015 | Monitor
By Lois Woestman, Guest Contributor Dr. Lois Woestman, both a Greek and US citizen, currently works as EU-Liaison Officer at a German university. She previously worked as Lecturer and as EU-Liaison Officer for two universities in Greece, as well as as a...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 19, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis It wasn’t long after I began to work as an Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Moscow during Brezhnev’s later years, that I learned the realities of Soviet life. As it turned out, only one Soviet who I met during...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jan 5, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeI wish I were still in the foreign service. This serendipitous conjunction of US and Russian foreign policy makes for a beautiful public diplomacy message: as Vladimir Putin’s Russia fights viciously to hold on to Ukraine, its uppity Cold War...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Dec 3, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis CALAIS-ISTANBUL: All Aboard! I have long been an Agatha Christie fan, especially of her murder mysteries set in the Middle East. The Murder on the Orient Express, of course, is the classic – but rumors to the contrary – her most...
