1993 Reports

Nurturing Post-Sovietology: Some Practical Suggestions

Hoffmann, Erik P.

Post-Sovietology is in its infancy, and its toddler years will influence its development for decades to come. The genes of its parents—Soviet and Russian studies—are powerful and distinctive. And Mr. Yeltsin's neighborhood is dramatically different from the environment in which generations of Sovietologists grew up. So the choices researchers make today will have enormous intellectual and policy ramifications.