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Sergey Radchenko

@radchenko.bsky.social

Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”

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Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So, if anyone missed out on my article in the Guardian about me renouncing my Russian citizenship, here is the audio version, which I read myself (at the Guardian!): www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2.... I've never done this genre. Let me know what you think!

‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship – podcast

When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to actWritten and read by Sergey Radchenko

theguardian.com

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So the biggest take-away from the Putin-Xi summit is that *despite* the crazy situation in the Strait of Hormuz, China is still refusing to back Power of Siberia 2. Despite Putin trying very hard before the visit to hint that a breakthrough was in the offing. Wow.

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have a piece at Le Grand Continent, where I preview the subject of my new book, which is about how Russia has used oil and gas as weapons of foreign policy. As you'd expect, this is not something Putin has come up with. The practice has deep roots going back to the 1950s.

Grand Continent@grandcontinent.bsky.social · 3mo ago

« Les vapeurs du pétrole et de l'empire ont-elles fini par intoxiquer toute la Russie ? » Une étude fouillée de @radchenko.bsky.social sur l’Empire fossile de Poutine—à lire absolument. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/04/2...

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So, shockingly, I have an article in the Journal of Olympic Studies. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jos/arti.... It's co-authored with Mikhail Prozumenshchikov of the Russian archives, and it tells the (quite curious) story of the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics: The Soviet Perspective

Abstract. Drawing on newly available Soviet archival materials, including hitherto unseen KGB reports, this article delves into the Soviet perspective on the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Soviet leaders expec...

scholarlypublishingcollective.org

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Over the last few days I received quite an overwhelming number of e-mails in relation to this piece: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a.... I'll try to answer them all, albeit gradually. The piece is superficially about Russia. But I think it's fundamentally about understanding one's own identity.

‘I had poked the bear right in the eye’: my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship

The long read: When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to act

theguardian.com

Sergey Radchenko@radchenko.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have a long piece in the Guardian about... well, myself. As a writer and a historian, I generally tell other people's stories. So, this story was difficult to write. It took me about six months. It's about my understanding of my own identity: who, or what am I, really?

Engelsberg Ideas@engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Behind Washington’s failure to predict the Iranian Revolution of 1979 lay a long history of hubris, strategic miscalculations and delusional thinking. How the United States lost Iran | @radchenko.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/reviews/how-...

How the United States lost Iran

Behind Washington’s failure to predict the Iranian Revolution of 1979 lay a long history of hubris, strategic miscalculations and delusional thinking.

engelsbergideas.com