- Indiana University, Slavic Languages and Literatures, AlumnusRice University, Center for the Study of Languages, Faculty MemberSewanee: The University of the South, Russian, Alumnusadd
- Russian Studies, Russian Language, Russian Literature, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Russian Foreign Policy, and 22 moreRussian Politics, China, Shakespeare, Russian History, Central Asian Studies, China's foreign policy, 20th Century Russian Literature, United States Foreign Policy, Russian As A Foreign Language, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Afghanistan foreign policy, Language Acquisition, Eurasian Union, Afghanistan's history, Central Asia (History), Islam in Central Asia, Mongol world empire Seljuk, Mongol, post-Mongol, Silk Road Studies, History of Kazakhstan, and Bukhara Khanateedit
- Jonathan Z. Ludwig is Teaching Associate Professor of Russian and a member of the Advisory Board for SAGE Internation... moreJonathan Z. Ludwig is Teaching Associate Professor of Russian and a member of the Advisory Board for SAGE International Australia. He received his BA in Russian and Soviet Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South and his MA and PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Indiana University, Bloomington. A dedicated teacher-scholar with thirty years experience in the classroom, Dr. Ludwig is nationally known for his work on video-aided instruction (VAI) and Russian across the curriculum (FLAC/CLAC), both of which he has successfully integrated into Russian-language programs. He has authored several articles and reviews on Russian textbooks and reference materials and co-authored a version of the placement exam for Indiana University’s Summer Intensive Russian-language program (SWSEEL). He has also written, taught, and lectured extensively on Russian literature, history and politics, including at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Internationally known for his work on Afghanistan and Central Asia, he has taught and lectured extensively on that region as well, with topics as diverse as the March 2005 Kyrgyz Revolution, the Kyrgyz “streetocracy,” Russian-American cooperation and confrontation in Central Asia, Chinese relations with the Central Asian states, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He has published on the SCO and on Sino-Afghan relations, the latter in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and taught a course on Afghan history at the Rice University Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, which coincided with the exhibit “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH).
He is under contract with Cambridge University Press to write A Concise History of Central Asia. He continues to research the Sino-Afghan relationship, the Eurasian Economic Union, and other issues in and pertaining to Central Asia, Russia, and China, including positioning Russia as an Asian country.
He has successfully mentored students for Critical Language Scholarships, Fulbright Fellowships, the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, the Zeff Award, and the Stanford University Russia Forum (SURF), among others. He continues to work closely with his former students who have followed him into the field of Slavic Studies or into the teaching profession.edit
This, the first in SAGE's Occasional Paper Series, gives a history of US-Russian relations and makes concrete policy recommendations for the Biden Administration to take in response to Russian behavior.
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, China, Chinese foreign policy, China studies, and 15 moreRussia, Barack Obama, Putin, Putin's foreign policies, Hillary Clinton, Cyber Security, NATO-Russian Relations, Vladimir Putin, USA Foreign Policy, Joe Biden, Hybrid War, Michael McFaul, Hybrid Warfare, New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), and Antony Blinken
Research Interests: British History, Taiwan Studies, British Foreign Policy, China, History of Taiwan, and 14 moreChina studies, Hong Kong, China's foreign policy, Hong Kong Society, South China Sea, Taiwan, History of Hong Kong, Australian foreign policy, UK Foreign Policy, Hong Kong studies, The South China Sea dispute, US Military Bases In the Pacific, Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, and Taiwan can help
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Intelligence Studies, International Security, Immigration, Cold War, and 15 moreImmigration Law, Post Cold War Era, China studies, Cold War International Relations, Cold War history, International Migration and Immigration Policy, Uyghurs, Spying and Intelligence, National Security, Vladimir Putin, Intelligence and security studies, Red Team, Xi Jinping, Huawei, and Anglosphere
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Russian, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, China, and 14 moreRussian History, Dictatorships, China studies, History of Kazakhstan, Authoritarianism, Russia, Putin, Virus, Kazakhstan, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, President for Life, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Coronavirus COVID-19
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Research Interests: Russian Studies, Russian Politics, Central Asian Studies, Central Asia (History), Russian Foreign Policy, and 15 moreCentral Asian Politics, Central Asia, Tajikistan, History of Kazakhstan, Eurasianism, Uzbekistan, Neo-Eurasianism, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kazakh studies, Astana, Nazarbayev, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Kazakhstan's Foreign Policy
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Chinese Studies, Uzbek, Central Asian Studies, Central Asia (History), and 13 moreChina, Central Asian History (Area Studies), Central Asia, Russia, Uzbekistan, United States Foreign Policy, Kazakhstan, Eurasian Economic Union, Uzbeks, Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan Foreign Policy, "Belt and Road" Initiative, and history of Uzbekistan
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, British Politics, Russian Politics, Modern British History, and 20 moreRussian Foreign Policy, British Foreign Policy, Political Assassinations, Russian History, Russia, Putin, American and British foreign policy, Putin's foreign policies, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Russia, International Relations, US-Russian relations, Russian Policy Towards Nato During Putin Presidency, British security policy, Alexei Navalny, Litvinenko, President Putin, Putin's State, Garry Kasparov, Russian oligarchs, and Theresa May
Research Interests: South Korea, Olympic History, Korea (North and/or South), U.S. Foreign Policy, Olympic Games, and 14 moreNorth Korea (politics and society), North Korea, Sino-North Korean Relations, South Korean politics, Foreign Policies of North and South Korea, Multilateralism in East Asia, IR Theory, USA Foreign Policy, Winter Olympics, North Korean Studies, KORUS FTA, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump, State of the Union address, Trump Foreign Policy, and Mike Pence
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Labour Party (UK), Leninology, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, and 17 moreWorld War I, First World War, Russian History, Lenin, Putin, Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, Marxism-Leninism, Leninism, Bolshevism, Color Revolution, Euromaidan, Bolsheviks and Terror, Bolsheviks, Bolshevik Russia, Bolshevik Revolution, and Jeremy Corbyn
Research Interests: Russian Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian History, and 12 moreRussian Language, U.S. Foreign Policy, Putin, US Foreign Policy, US-Russian relations, Geopolitics of South Caucasus, Putin's foreign policies, NATO-Russian Relations, Vladimir Putin, NATO's New Strategic Concept, Putin, Russia, International Relations, USA Foreign Policy, Russian Policy Towards Nato During Putin Presidency, and Containment Policy
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While the People’s Republic of China has worked to expand cultural and economic ties throughout its near abroad and beyond in the last decade with great alacrity, the same cannot be said for its relationship with neighbouring Afghanistan.... more
While the People’s Republic of China has worked to expand cultural and economic ties throughout its near abroad and beyond in the last decade with great alacrity, the same cannot be said for its relationship with neighbouring Afghanistan. This paper will explore the history and nature of the Sino-Afghan relationship with an emphasis on the post-9/11 years. It will offer some reasons why the relationship is not as well established as with other countries in the Eurasian region and beyond, and it will explain how the relationship has developed in the last decade. Finally, it will make some suggestions as to what the future of this relationship might hold after the final withdrawal of NATO/ISAF-Afghanistan troops in light of China’s often conflicting concerns about and goals in Afghanistan.
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Research Interests: Russian Studies, Teaching of Foreign Languages, Russian As A Foreign Language, Teaching Languages, Russian Language, and 9 moreForeign language teaching and learning, Teaching Russian as a second language, Teaching culture in foreign languages, French, English Languages and Russian as a Foreign Language, methodolgy of teaching them, Russian language and literature, Modern Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning, Language and Culture Teaching/ Learning, Russian Language Teaching, and Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language
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Teaching is an art, and nowhere more so than in giving feedback in language classes. The feedback you give—and how you deliver it—can be the difference between motivating a student who has an " a-ha " moment thanks to your correction and... more
Teaching is an art, and nowhere more so than in giving feedback in language classes. The feedback you give—and how you deliver it—can be the difference between motivating a student who has an " a-ha " moment thanks to your correction and unintentionally discouraging a student who then becomes disengaged or afraid. It's a really powerful teaching tool when used correctly. So how, when and what type of language feedback should you give to be a more effective language instructor ? We're going to look at six types of corrective feedback, four types of positive language feedback, and then specific ways you can provide meaningful feedback in oral, written, reading and listening activities.
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24 September 2014 Baker Institute for Public Policy roundtable discussion on the "Crisis in Ukraine." Please note that there is no paper for this presentation; however, you can click on the URL link above and watch it via the Baker... more
24 September 2014 Baker Institute for Public Policy roundtable discussion on the "Crisis in Ukraine." Please note that there is no paper for this presentation; however, you can click on the URL link above and watch it via the Baker Institute's archived events web page.
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Review of: David Eimer. 2014. The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China. New York: Bloomsbury. xiii + 336. Maps, introduction, further reading, acknowledgments, index. ISBN: 978-1-62040-363-1 (hardcover, 28USD). The Emperor... more
Review of: David Eimer. 2014. The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China. New York: Bloomsbury. xiii + 336. Maps,
introduction, further reading, acknowledgments, index.
ISBN: 978-1-62040-363-1 (hardcover, 28USD).
The Emperor Far Away is the travelogue of David Eimer, who
formerly served as the Beijing correspondent for the Sunday
Telegraph and as a writer for the Hong Kong-based South China
Morning Post during his years living in the People's Republic of
China (2005-2012). During this time, Eimer traveled the length of the country's borders in an effort to understand the China away from the big eastern cities and coastal regions. In this volume, he sets out to explain these hinterlands to his readers, most of whom, he assumes, only know of China from reports about and from major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
With a border of over 22,000 kilometers (13,000 miles) that ...
introduction, further reading, acknowledgments, index.
ISBN: 978-1-62040-363-1 (hardcover, 28USD).
The Emperor Far Away is the travelogue of David Eimer, who
formerly served as the Beijing correspondent for the Sunday
Telegraph and as a writer for the Hong Kong-based South China
Morning Post during his years living in the People's Republic of
China (2005-2012). During this time, Eimer traveled the length of the country's borders in an effort to understand the China away from the big eastern cities and coastal regions. In this volume, he sets out to explain these hinterlands to his readers, most of whom, he assumes, only know of China from reports about and from major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
With a border of over 22,000 kilometers (13,000 miles) that ...
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Review of: Nimmi Kurian. 2014. India-China Borderlands: Conversations Beyond the Centre. New Delhi: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd. xix + 175. Maps, abbreviations, preface, acknowledgments, references, index, about the author. ISBN:... more
Review of: Nimmi Kurian. 2014. India-China Borderlands:
Conversations Beyond the Centre. New Delhi: SAGE
Publications India Pvt Ltd. xix + 175. Maps, abbreviations, preface, acknowledgments, references, index, about the author. ISBN: 978-81-321-1351-5 (hardcover, 49.95USD).
When most people think of China, they often think of Beijing,
Shanghai, and the other heavily populated and highly developed coastal regions of the country. When considering India, they most often think of the large cities of Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. In India-China Borderlands Nimmi Kurian, a member of the Asian Borderlands Research Initiative's network of scholars, asks us instead to consider the frontier parts of both nations: where they meet, where they are most sparsely populated, yet also most ethnically diverse, and where they are generally the most economically underdeveloped. ...
Conversations Beyond the Centre. New Delhi: SAGE
Publications India Pvt Ltd. xix + 175. Maps, abbreviations, preface, acknowledgments, references, index, about the author. ISBN: 978-81-321-1351-5 (hardcover, 49.95USD).
When most people think of China, they often think of Beijing,
Shanghai, and the other heavily populated and highly developed coastal regions of the country. When considering India, they most often think of the large cities of Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. In India-China Borderlands Nimmi Kurian, a member of the Asian Borderlands Research Initiative's network of scholars, asks us instead to consider the frontier parts of both nations: where they meet, where they are most sparsely populated, yet also most ethnically diverse, and where they are generally the most economically underdeveloped. ...
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This is the SAGE International report on the strategic dynamics of the Indo-Pacific, funded by the Australian Department of Defence Strategic Policy Grant Program 2019.