America’s Lost Generation: A Need for Iconoclasm in Russian Studies

....S.–Russia Relations Headed? It is not exactly Generation X’s fault alone. However, given an unanticipated conflagration of unique historical and academic circumstances, the American scholarly landscape is surprisingly thin today when it comes to Russian Studies. The specific reasons for this might be somewhat surprising, which is something that is most certainly not openly discussed in various academic, professional, and diplomatic conferences. In fact, it is actively, if not aggressively, avoided....