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Anna Derevnina is at the forefront of innovation in the Russian university system by strengthening partnerships between businesses and academia at her university. As Dean of the Information...
Posted on May 12, 2011 - Susie Armitage in Basic Education Development, Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Youth
The smile, stickers and Halloween candy I’d brought as a USRVI volunteer weren’t enough. Sasha needed much more than I could give in just one hour, and I had no idea where to start....
Evgeny Ulyumdzhiev is a Muskie fellow studying law at the Northwestern University School of Law. Before arriving in the US in the fall of 2010, Ulyumdzhiev was an attorney in Russia. He plans to...
As World Press Freedom Day approaches and interest in ongoing popular uprisings in the Middle East garner well-deserved attention in the press, we should not forget how the digital revolution...
Russian youth specialists know that getting adults to embrace principles of youth empowerment doesn’t come easily. The traditional Russian approach to working with youth focuses on...
Interviewing victims of trafficking and their rescuers is difficult work. There are few happy endings. However, occasionally one meets someone who emerges from unspeakable suffering with courage...
Bringing Youth Government to Rural Russia The longer I live in Russia, the more I see similarities with the United States. Then there are moments where I am reminded of the tremendous...
Muskie fellow Svetlana Kurtova, a non-profit program manager from Russia, knows the importance of effective communications. While studying in American University’s Master of Public...
Posted on January 26, 2011 - Michael Mirny in Center for Collaborative Technology, Media Development
News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the bombing at Domodedovo airport came not from the television, but from blogs and tweets. Television news was slow to react to the terrorist attack....
Posted on January 11, 2011 - in Civil Society Strengthening
IREX is working to make a better world through its efforts to fight human trafficking.
