Sergey Radchenko

Sergey Radchenko is a professor of international politics and director of research at the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University. He is the author, most recently, of Unwanted Visionaries: The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Baku, Azerbaijan in December 2003.
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Baku, Azerbaijan in December 2003.

Putin Is Ruling Russia Like a Central Asian Dictator
Argument |
Sergey Radchenko, Baurzhan Rakhmetov
Mongolian soldiers attend the traditional Nadaam festival in Ulaanbaatar on July 12, 2017.
Mongolian soldiers attend the traditional Nadaam festival in Ulaanbaatar on July 12, 2017.

Russia Wants to Keep Mongolia in Its Place
Argument |
Sergey Radchenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the Leningrad siege near St. Petersburg on Jan. 18.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the Leningrad siege near St. Petersburg on Jan. 18.

Vladimir Putin Wants to Rewrite the History of World War II
Argument |
Sergey Radchenko
The Dalai Lama waves to worshippers during ceremonies at the Buyant Ukhaa sports stadium in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on November 20, 2016. The Dalai Lama is on a four-day visit to Mongolia, despite Beijing's strident demand that he be barred from entering the country. / AFP / BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR (Photo credit should read BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP/Getty Images)
The Dalai Lama waves to worshippers during ceremonies at the Buyant Ukhaa sports stadium in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on November 20, 2016. The Dalai Lama is on a four-day visit to Mongolia, despite Beijing's strident demand that he be barred from entering the country. / AFP / BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR (Photo credit should read BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP/Getty Images)

How to Stand Up to China? Mongolia’s Got a Playbook
ChinaFile |
Sergey Radchenko
China top communist leader, Chairman of Communist Party (CCP) and President of the Republic Mao Zedong smiles during his holidays in 1961 in Lushan Moutain. Chinese official agency distributed this picture in September 1976 after Mao's death with a title: "Great leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts". CHINA OUT / AFP / XINHUA (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)
China top communist leader, Chairman of Communist Party (CCP) and President of the Republic Mao Zedong smiles during his holidays in 1961 in Lushan Moutain. Chinese official agency distributed this picture in September 1976 after Mao's death with a title: "Great leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts". CHINA OUT / AFP / XINHUA (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)

Mao the Man, Mao the God
ChinaFile |
Sergey Radchenko
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