Alexander Mihailovic

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Preceptor in Public Speaking for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University Terry Gipson, a former U.S. Army officer and State Department Diplomat who taught at Bard College for six years and is now a Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Fred Hof, and Professor Emeritus of Russian at Hofstra University and author of “Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia” Alexander Mihailovic.

Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between increasingly radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia. In "Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia," Alexandar Mihailovic untangles this confluence, considering ethno-nationalist movements in both countries and their parallel approaches to gender, race, and performative identity.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, UAlbany Lecturer in Africana Studies Jennifer Burns, Political Consultant and lobbyist, Libby Post, and Williams College Professor and author of: "Illiberal Vanguard: Populist Elitism in the United States and Russia" about the confluence of American and Russian far-right populist movements Alexander Mihailovic.