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John H. Brown (scholar) Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Halit Brown  (born 1948) [ 1 ]  is a senior fellow at  USC Center on Public Diplomacy  where he regularly publishes the  Public Diplomacy Press Review . The son of Dr. John Lackey Brown (1914–2002), [ 2 ]  a poet and cultural attaché who served in Belgium, Mexico and Paris, [ 3 ]  Brown is currently a research associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at  Georgetown University , where he has taught courses about  public diplomacy . A consultant for the Library of Congress's "Open World" exchange program with the Russian Federation, he has written for the  Washington Post ,  The Nation ,  TomPaine.com ,  Moscow Times , and  American Diplomacy  and occasionally lectured at the  ELE  public forum in Moscow. [ 4 ] Brown, who received a Ph.D. in Russian History from Princeton University in...
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Local news near Northwest Washington, Washington WUSA9 1 dead after fire in Northwest DC apartment, police investigating death 1 hour ago FOX 5 DC Man shot, killed by US Marshal in Northeast DC: source 6 minutes ago NBC4 Washington Former Duke Ellington School teacher found guilty of sexually abusing student 31 minutes ago WJLA DC burglary victim fires shotgun during struggle; accused intruder arrested 26 minutes ago
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How 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' struggles with uncomfortable truths of wartime Russia

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Reporter Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent Wednesday, Feb. 11 6 minutes read How 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' struggles with uncomfortable truths of wartime Russia "I wish I could be as brave as them," says Pavel Talankin, a school videographer in the industrial town of Karabash, speaking of Russians who protested the invasion of Ukraine in its first days. "But I'm not." The line is not self-pitying so much as diagnostic, and it becomes the foundation of"Mr. Nobody Against Putin," an Academy Award-nominated documentary that offers one of the clearest portraits of how Russian authoritarianism sustains itself not through mass fanaticism, but through routine moral abdication and prioritizing one’s own survival. After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the school where Talankin works is methodically repurposed. What was once an educational institution becomes an extension of the state's war machinery. The children are prep...
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Russia effectively dismisses US-Ukraine peace framework, says it contradicts 'real' American plan

By Tim Zadorozhnyy, The Kyiv Independent • 3 min rea d Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Feb. 11 effectively dismissed a U.S.-Ukraine 20-point peace framework, which had been expected to form the basis for peace negotiations.   His remarks come as diplomatic activity intensifies, with trilateral talks involving  Ukraine , the U.S., and  Russia  potentially resuming as early as this week. The dispute over the framework highlights deep divisions over the direction of negotiations. Lavrov said that ahead of the August summit in Alaska, U.S. Special Envoy  Steve Witkoff  handed Moscow a document outlining key issues "in line with realities on the ground." The minister claimed that the sides had identified "real approaches based on the American initiative" that "opened a path to peace" and could have formed the basis for a final agreement. "All subsequent versions are the result of an attempt by  Zelensky  and (Europe) to override the Amer...
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