{"id":13366,"date":"2018-07-25T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/?p=13366"},"modified":"2018-07-25T21:20:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:20:30","slug":"opinion-in-trumps-america-russian-studies-are-more-important-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/news\/opinion-in-trumps-america-russian-studies-are-more-important-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION | In Trump&#8217;s America, Russian Studies Are More Important Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The University of Washington, a leader in international studies, could use some state support,&#8221; writes journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phjackson.net\/about\/\">Peter Jackson<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/2018\/07\/trumps-america-russian-studies-are-more-important-ever?utm_source=crosscut-facebook&amp;utm_medium=social\">his analysis on why Russian studies in higher education<\/a> is more important than ever now.<\/p>\n<p>He holds in example the valuable contribution of the <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/\">Jackson School Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies<\/a>, founded by the late Professor Herb Ellison and also one of the School&#8217;s eight federally-funded Title VI national resource centers, to U.S. foreign policy in the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The University of Washington, a leader in international studies, could use some state support,&#8221; writes journalist Peter Jackson in his analysis on why Russian studies in higher education is more important than ever now. 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