Please join us for a discussion with Ambassador Mustard regarding careers in the State Department and his own path to becoming an Ambassador in Eurasia. Ambassador Allan Phillip Mustard, the most senior Foreign Service Officer in the Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), class of Career Minister, was sworn in as U.S.

Sarah Chayes, senior fellow in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security is internationally recognized for her innovative thinking on corruption and its implications. She visited the UW in October as the keynote speaker for the Central Eurasia Studies

James Felak is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Washington. In “From the Habsburgs to Hitler and Stalin: How the Trauma of World War One Led Hungary into the Axis & Soviet Empires,” Dr. Felak discusses how the enormous losses of land and Magyar population suffered by the Kingdom of

The hidden delights of the lowly potato (or, my new favorite Russian dessert) The unassuming name “картошка” (or  картофель), meaning “potato”, not only indicates the popular root vegetable staple in Russia – it is also the name of a popular no-bake chocolate early Soviet-era dessert that was created as a way for Soviet public cafeterias

When trying to understand current political and social events it is important to understand the histories that shape them. This underlying concept helped generate the theme of this year’s annual Summer Teacher Workshop held in early August at the main Seattle campus of the University of Washington. The title of the workshop was “Coming to

John Simeone, who received an M.A. in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, as well as an M.S. from the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been busy working with clients from across the world on issues related to international trade, ecology, and resource management.

The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is awarding doctorate degrees for the second year since the Ph.D. program was established in 2013. Among this year’s Ph.D. recipients is Indra Ekmanis, whose doctoral research focused on cultural integration in Latvia. Ekmanis received an M.A. in International Studies through the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and

Is President Trump a realist when it comes to Russia? Will his foreign policy raise or lower the risk of conflict with the Kremlin? Why did Trump have warm words for Vladimir Putin in 2015 and 2016? Scott Radnitz, Director of the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the University

The Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies and the Jackson School of International Studies are proud to again sponsor films at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival. The festival, now in its 43rd year, features more than 400 films from 80 countries and attracts thousands of attendees. SIFF 2017 runs 25

During a symposium at the University of Washington, Dr. William Craft Brumfield discussed “Architecture at the End of the Earth,” an exhibition of his photographs from the Russian north. The exhibit is currently on display in the UW Odegaard Library through May 16, 2017. At the event, Dr. Brumfield also introduced the William Brumfield Russian Architecture Digital