• Why it is that in the war with Ukraine, even after the death of thousands of Russians servicemen and women, the Russian people have not overthrown Mr. Putin.
• Do you think that the China/Russia partnership is an alliance of convenience? What is the glue that holds the alliance together. Is this alliance a permanent change in their relationship?
• Might it be possible, even after the horrors of this conflict, as part of a long-term settlement to this war to include Russia in a Europe-wide security compact?
• Was the Mid-East conflict a gift to Russia in that the West is more divided. How might the ME conflict impact the China/Russia compact?
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Thomas Sherlock is a professor of political science emeritus at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He teaches courses on comparative politics, democracy and democratization, comparative political institutions, international security, nationalism and populism, and the politics of the post-Soviet region. His book, Historical Narratives in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia, was published in an expanded, translated edition by Rosspen (Moscow), a leading academic publisher. He is also the co-author of 'The Fight for Legitimacy: Democracy vs. Terrorism."

Thom has contributed chapters to several edited volumes and his articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Comparative Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, Washington Quarterly, National Interest, Problems of Communism, Foreign Policy, Ab Imperio, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Prepodavanie istorii i obshchestvovedeniia v shkole (Russia), and Rossiia v global’noi politike (Russia). He has written chapters for White Papers on Russia (2019) and China (2019) commissioned by the US Department of Defense.

Thom’s opinion pieces have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times (international edition), the Washington Post (the Monkey Cage), Valdai Discussion Club (Russia) and other outlets. He has served as a consultant for the Carnegie Council, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Open Society Foundations (Ukraine), and EUROCLIO in The Netherlands, among other institutions.

Thom frequently conducts field research in post-Soviet space. His current projects include book-length studies on antisemitism and xenophobia in post-Soviet Eurasia; Russian nationalism and political memory; and the role of soft power in an era of great power competition.

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00:00 Polaris-Live Introduction
01:13 Topic introduction
02:04 Guest Introduction
03:25 The Russian People
09:30 Sanctions, the Global South, and the EU
13:21 Calls for negotiation
17:20 China-Russia Alliance
23:30 Sign up for Polaris Live alerts
23:51 Mideast conflict opportunity
27:08 Influence on West Point
29:22 Closing

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