“I wanted to join UROP to get a feel for what the research process was like,” Xie said. “For example, writing papers, researching new concepts. One of the things UROP really taught me was that you ...

I argue the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin from 1928-53 fostered the rise of the Soviet elite, known as the nomenklatura, which systematically shaped a new form of oligarchy and ... the Security ...