This issue includes cover story "When the East Tries to Become the West"; a spotlight on the Bulgarian Studies Journal; reflections on past conventions, and much more.
The June issue features articles on Prague Spring at 50; the Armenian Studies Collection at UC Berkeley Library; and Pitt's Central Eurasia Initiative.
While the State Department's travel advisory for Russia led to reconsideration of study abroad programs, most are continuing with the programs and sending their students to Russia.