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In public administration in 1982, and Doctor of Philosophy in foreign affairs in 1984 all from the University of Virginia.
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The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture by Nicolai N. Petro (1997-09-01)
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The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture
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How could the West have better prepared for the fall of communism and gained a clearer picture of Russia's new political landscape? By cultivating an awareness, Nicolai Petro argues, of the deep democratic aspirations of the Russian people since Muscovite times. Petro traces the long history of those aspirations, recovering for us an understanding crucial to our formation of successful foreign policy toward Russia. Expanding the traditional definition of political culture from single thread to continuous historical tapestry, Petro illuminates a reality previously lost to even the most rigorous Sovietology: the fragility of communism. He portrays an abiding "alternative political culture" that tells us Russia indeed possesses a democratic tradition on which its contemporary democracy rests. Petro's analysis includes many surprising and incisive observations. In a look at the Russian Orthodox Church, he traces its long history of support for opposition sentiment during both tsarist and Soviet times and its support for democracy today. He also explores the character and power of contemporary Russian nationalism and traces its origins to the neo-Slavophile national identity that took its shape as a challenge to Bolshevik oppression. Delineating Russia's postcommunist political parties, the author reveals their roots in prerevolutionary times and explains how this continuity makes Russian political aspirations far more predictable than is commonly assumed. Awakening us to Russia's historical involvement in the democratic quest that lies at the heart of Western values, Petro opens a path for a more meaningful, more productive understanding of modern Russia.
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Nicolai Petro
Edit Profileassistant professor of Political Science
Career
He also served as the United States State Department"s special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union under President George HW Bush. Petro received his Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in history in 1980, Master of Arts His first full time teaching appointment was at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where in 1987 he founded the Center for Contemporary Russian Studies. In 1989 and 1990, as an International Affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, he served as special assistant for policy in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs in the United States. Department of State, and as temporary political attache at the United States. Embassy in Moscow.
While in the Soviet Union he monitored local elections in central Russia, Belarus, and Latvia.
In 2001-2002 he returned to Russia privately to serve as staff consultant to the municipal research and training center Dialog, and advisor to the mayor of the Russian city of Novgorod the Great. In 1997 Novgorod State University awarded him an honorary doctorate for "great merit in the development of the University and an outstanding contribution to the Science, Culture and Education of the Land of Novgorod." In 2007 and 2013 he participated in the Valdai Discussion Club, a gathering of Russian specialists who meet annually with that country’s top political leadership.
In 2008 he spoke at the first international security conference of the Ukrainian Forum in Kiev. In 2012 he was invited to advise the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on its "Scenarios for the Russian Federation" initiative.
He has published in The American Interest, Asia Times, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Washington Times, Wilson Quarterly, Comparative Strategy, Post-Soviet Affairs, The Nation, The National Interest, Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy, World Development, Fletcher Forum, and Harvard International Review.
His articles in Russian have appeared in the monthly of the Russian Supreme Soviet, Rodina, the social sciences quarterlies of the Russian Academy of Sciences ONS and Polis, and the journal of the Institute for International Economy and International Relations, MEiMO.
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The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture
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- The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture by Nicolai N. Petro (1997-09-01)
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The Rebirth of Russian Democracy: An Interpretation of Political Culture
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