Brussels Sprouts co-hosts discuss upcoming Russian presidential election On Wednesday, Jan. 31, before the start of the latest Diplomatic Discussion, Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Chief Global Officer Barbara Stephenson welcomed Carolina students and faculty and said, “We’re doing … Read more

Aggression as a tool of statecraft cannot be rewarded in the 21st century, Kristjan Prikk, the ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Estonia, said during a Diplomatic Discussion on Thursday, Jan. 25 in Mandela Auditorium. “This is … Read more

Passion for Russian language propels the academic, professional journey of UNC’s Russian Flagship Program Assistant Director From Global Scholar to assistant director of the Russian Flagship Program, Kat Goodpaster has prioritized pursuing a global education and helping others navigate the … Read more

Students connected with alumni and leading experts throughout the week—now an annual tradition of UNC’s Diplomacy Initiative—to explore careers in global problem-solving.    How do you get to Washington, DC from Chapel Hill? Carolina students want to know, and they’re … Read more

The Center for Slavic, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at UNC-Chapel Hill has been designated as a National Resource Center (NRC) for language and area studies by the U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office. With … Read more

As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears on Feb. 24, neither side has shown movement toward negotiating an end to the war. An estimated 100,000 Russian soldiers and possibly an equal number of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Russian Flagship Program (RFP) has completed its second year, and its students are continuing to make great achievements. Four received Critical Language Scholarships, three earned Boren scholarships, one received a Gilman scholarship and two were selected for Project … Read more

Lucas Risinger first became intrigued by Russia’s history and culture in high school when his history class was learning about the Cold War. When he arrived at Carolina a few years later to study economics and math, he continued to … Read more

Diplomacy matters and so does who conducts it. These were the themes of the April 21 talk by Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who spoke as part of UNC Global’s Diplomacy Week 2022.  Those messages echoed “Lessons … Read more

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Two weeks later the Society for Cultural Anthropology published a series of essays written by anthropologists in Ukraine and Russia. Two weeks after that, they had enough submissions to run a continuation of the series. The … Read more