Sergey Radchenko

Historian of the Cold War and after. Rupert Murdoch Distinguished Professor @KissingerCenter @SAISHopkins. Now on Substack

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

I will soon be starting a new academic project: a history of the war between Russia and Ukraine. I am to have the book published by 2032 (10th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion).

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

I have spent the last year+ researching the origins of the war for a future book. Relatedly, I have co-led a Stanford/Hoover team in interviewing dozens of key decision makers. I can say with a high level of confidence that this take is unmitigated bullshit.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Had it not been for Boris Johnson and Victoria Nuland -- who personally forced Zelensky to reject the deal Ukraine and Russia were about to sign in Istanbul in 2022 -- this horrific war that has killed more than a million and consumed much of Ukraine would have been long over.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Indeed--grateful to H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu for his hospitality. The project continues.

[Peter Sies @petermsies]

@DrRadchenko and I received a very warm welcome in Ankara from H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Türkiye's Foreign Minister from 2014 to 2023.

[PSQ @PSQuarterly]

The Rise of the Russian Hawks: Ideology and Politics from the Late Soviet Union to Putin's Russia, Juliette Faure | Reviewed by Sergey Radchenko at https://t.co/YGqqYvB2ux.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Get the book here: https://t.co/5PBrSBpPoA

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Reading @simonmontefiore's new book on the Middle East. It's so much fun. Check this out, on Khomeini.

[Martin Di Caro @MartinDiCaro]

And if you can't get enough Cold War history, I spoke to Zubok and Radchenko about the former's book.

This episode is appropriately titled 'The Owl of Minerva'
https://t.co/ucxTSi6TGN

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

@BorisLvin Очень много интересного, и, да, концептуально начинает что-то меняться в моем понимании по крайней мере.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

So, just over a year on. I feel like I know a lot more. Like seriously much more. But still a lot to understand. The aim is to write the first draft of history here. Tough.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

I will soon be starting a new academic project: a history of the war between Russia and Ukraine. I am to have the book published by 2032 (10th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion).

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

I’ve written a review of Vladislav Zubok’s new book, The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991, which will (eventually) appear in a few months in the Journal of Cold War Studies. In the meantime, I thought I’d put it here. Enjoy! And read the book!

https://t.co/EYkjtZct8P

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Such a strange idea here from Meloni. The only way to stop provocations is not to go pretend nothing is happening. It is precisely to respond in a way that will deter further provocations. This burying of heads in the sand will only encourage Putin.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Meloni: Moscow is multiplying provocations because Putin needs to shift attention from a war in Ukraine.

It's going differently than he predicted and promised his people.

We must ask who benefits from an escalation.

Responding would serve Moscow more than Europe. 1/

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Exciting!

[The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs @KissingerCenter]

We are very excited for @DrRadchenko's continued contributions to the @KissingerCenter in his new role as the Rupert Murdoch Distinguished Professor in Washington DC.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

A great piece here by @petermsies for @EngelsbergIdeas. Peter & I have been runnings like hamsters on a wheel collecting evidence on Russia's war in Ukraine by interviewing senior policymakers. Great to see he's found the time to think about deeper questions of grand strategy.

[Peter Sies @petermsies]

Germany faces a conundrum. On the one hand, the country is under attack, with Russia's sabotage campaign focused on stoking German angst. On the other hand, the far right's recent state-level electoral victory hands ammunition to those who warn of a remilitarising Germany.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

My interview to @repubblica on the state of the game with Russia-Ukraine.

[Ezio Mauro @eziomauro]

Radchenko: “L’Italia sottovaluta i rischi della guerra ibrida concessi troppi visti ai russi” - la Repubblica https://t.co/T473Yq4CeW

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Grateful to @Tsahkna for a fascinating conversation. The @HooverInst Russo-Ukrainian War Oral History Project aims to document senior policy-makers' views on the key turning points of the war. The interviews will eventually be deposited at the @HooverInst Library and Archive.

[Margus Tsahkna @Tsahkna]

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reshaped European security and put countering Russian aggression at the centre of Estonia’s foreign policy.

I was glad to welcome @DrRadchenko and Peter Sies in Tallinn today and share Estonia’s perspective for their @HooverInst at Stanford University project documenting the war.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

Now, here's a clever piece on a niche subject: https://t.co/TFExBB0YEf.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

On the eve of my visit to the Baltics for interviews for the Hoover/Stanford Russia-Ukraine project, reading this fantastic book by @olivernmoody: https://t.co/bvi2SK3abH.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

@NezygarRu Sure - and I am not commenting on the article here. Plenty of people have suggested (accurately) that we should treat these unreferenced revelations with caution. It's more just a broader reflection on a "hanging Putin."

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

He is not wrong. The best-case scenario for Putin would be to be handed over to The Hague. For protection. They don't hang people there. And the court case would make for a wonderful oral history. I am just fantasizing of course. The historian must have her sources.

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

It's from this article in the Economist if anyone wonders. https://t.co/uTdPtdKjj0

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

The first read of the new academic year.