W. George Krasnow
W. George Krasnow (also published as Vladislav Krasnov), Ph.D., former professor and director of Russian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, he now runs the Washington-based Russia & America Goodwill Associates (www.RAGA.org), a non-profit organization of Americans for friendship with Russia. He is the author of Soviet Defectors: The KGB wanted List, Solzhenitsyn and Dostoevsky: A Study in the Polyphonic Novel, and Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth. In the past thirty years he has published Op-Ed columns in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, San Fransisco Examiner Chronicle, San Diego Union, and Dallas Morning News et al.. His recent articles on US-Russia relations appeared in Johnson's Russia List, Russia Blog, Russia: Other Points of View, OpenDemocracy (UK) and a number of Russian-language outlets. He is a columnist for the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation (FGF)dedicated to preservation of the underpinnings of Western civilization.
Contact: president92@gmail.com
Contact: president92@gmail.com
Articles by W. George Krasnow
April 09, 2011
The 30th annual World Russia Forum took place in Washington on March 29-30, 2011. Among its speakers were the Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, US Congressmen Tome Price and Dana Rohrabacher, head of Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev and Richard Perle. In view of US intervention in Libya, the author argues that the "reset" policy with Russia failed and should be replaced with a new operating system
January 21, 2011
Veterans For Peace, ANSWER, Code Pink Women For Peace, Stop These Wars and other peace-loving people demand that President Obama honors his promise to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to shut down the Guantanamo prison and to broker a lasting peace in the Holy Land.
December 17, 2010
"The Manifesto of Enlightened Conservatism" just published by the Oscar-winning filmmaker and actor Nikita Mikhalkov caused quite a stir in Russia. Mikhalkov argues that modernization should not become a substitute for Westernization as Russia should develop in its own unique way. The Manifesto is especially significant in view of the different leanings of President Dmitry Medvedev, a presumed Westernizer, and Prime Miniser Vladimir Putin, a Russian nationalist.
June 13, 2010
June 12 is supposed to be Russia's National Holiday. Originally it was establishe in 1990 as Russia's Independence Day. However, people wondered: Independence from whome? Now it is simply called "Russia Day." But it is still void of content. The author suggests that it should be a memorial day for Grand Duke Michael, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, the last tsar Michael II, who put the destiny of monarchy in the hands of the Russian people.
December 16, 2009
Remarks by Dr. W. George Krasnow at a November 7, 2009 panel discussion of the 92nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in Washington. Dr.Krasnow (aka Vladislav Krasnov) is president of the Russia & America Goodwill Associates (www.raga.org). Graduate of Moscow University and former professor of Russian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, he is the author of Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National Rebirth and other books.
The panel was arranged by the Conflict Solutions International of Washington DC (CSIORG.org) on November 7, 2009 at The Letelier Theater. The other panelists were Paul Goble, Philip de Leon; David Satter, and Dmitry Vetrov, Counselor at the Embassy of Russia.
June 23, 2009
A Message from US – Russia World Forum
´Don´t bother pushing the ambiguous Reset Button; just replace the entire operating system.´ That´s the advice President Obama and President Medvedev have to bear in mind before their Moscow Summit in July. This advice was offered d...
Articles by W. George Krasnow From Other Sources
November 23, 2010
published in Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation
November 18, 2010
published in Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation
April 11, 2009
published in Discovery Institute's Russia Blog
December 21, 2008
published in Official Russia
May 06, 2008
published in Johnson's Russia List