benjaminnathans.bsky.social @benjaminnathans.bsky.social · 22/05/2026www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comNavalny’s Unfinished Work | Benjamin NathansIn his posthumous memoir, Alexei Navalny’s utopian vision of “the Beautiful Russia of the Future” remains strangely detached from history. 020
Reposted by @benjaminnathans.bsky.socialThe Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/02/2026🔴 #Samizdat as a technology of free speech. @benjaminnathans.bsky.social on decentralization, ownership, and why samizdat was unlike today’s internet. 011
Reposted by @benjaminnathans.bsky.socialPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/09/2025@benjaminnathans.bsky.social latest book To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause has been #shortlisted for The 2025 Cundill History Prize. Listen to his interview on @historyextra.bsky.social with Danny Bird here: buff.ly/FgwuOEL 042
benjaminnathans.bsky.social @benjaminnathans.bsky.social · 03/04/2025www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comThe Enigma of George Kennan | Benjamin NathansFrank Costigliola's biography of George Kennan explores the contrast between the supreme confidence of his policy prescriptions and the perpetual turbulence of his inner life. 010
Reposted by @benjaminnathans.bsky.socialRashkin Report @yurirashkin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025МАРК ПОМАР у РАШКИНА: Опыт Советских диссидентов youtube.com/live/wD06wMM...youtube.comМАРК ПОМАР у РАШКИНА: Опыт Советских диссидентовYouTube video by Rashkin Report 051
Reposted by @benjaminnathans.bsky.socialGal Beckerman @galbeckerman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024This one benefited enormously from conversations with @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @benjaminnathans.bsky.social, and I highly recommend both their recent books, Snyder's "On Freedom" and Nathans's "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause." www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...theatlantic.comA Mindset for the Trump EraWith authoritarianism rising everywhere, don’t forget about what the dissidents have to teach us. 35621
