TRIGGERWARNING; Dit gesprek kan politiek, of maatschappelijk incorrecte inhoud bevatten die onbedoeld angst, onzekerheid of woede oproepen. Wij beroepen ons hierop, bij wet geregelde journalistieke vrijheid als fundament voor een pluriforme samenleving en hygiënische democratische processen.<br /><br />Is Russia under Putin rebuilding her old Soviet empire? Are new "safe" borders created between East and West?<br /><br />Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher and actor in Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975). After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business career focused on the USSR and Eastern Europe. For twenty-five years he worked for US and European multinationals in marketing and general management with regional responsibility. From 1998-2002, Doctorow served as the Chairman of the Russian Booker Literary Prize in Moscow.<br /><br />A number of his early scholarly articles on Russian constitutional history under Nicholas II drawn from his dissertation remain 'in print' and are available online. Mr. Doctorow has also been an occasional contributor to the Russian language press including Zvezda (St Petersburg), Russkaya Mysl (La Pensée russe, Paris) and Kontinent (a journal sponsored by Alexander Solzhenitsyn) on issues of Russian cultural and political life. He regularly publishes analytical articles about international affairs on the portal of the Belgian daily La Libre Belgique.<br /><br />Mr. Doctorow's current research interest is trends in U.S. area studies programs. He is a Visiting Scholar of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University during the 2010-2011 academic year.<br /><br />Help Café Weltschmerz en onze toekomst met een donatie of adopteer een aflevering: NL23 TRIO 0390 4379 13. <a href="https://www.cafeweltschmerz.nl/doneer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.cafeweltschmerz.nl/doneer</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmVhwRVcQQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmVhwRVcQQ</a>