U.S.-Russia Relations: A New Cold War?: PUB 9208
Thurs., Nov. 16: 7-8:30pm
U.S.-Russian relations seem to have reached a low point since the end of the Cold War in 1990. Confrontations in Europe and the Middle East and accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections have produced a “tenuous” bilateral relationship. Is it the new/old normal?
Speaker: Dr. Bradley J. Murg, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Global Development Studies, Seattle Pacific University; and faculty member at The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies.
I saw the sign for this outside the school today. I was curious why you used the communist flag to represent Russia’s side of the issue, does this not prime the person looking at it to subconsciously associate Russia with the false pretense of still being oppressive communists? I think the discussion is worth having, but placing what appears to me as leftist propaganda in the illustration isn’t conducive to a meaningful discussion. How can you expect people to keep an open mind when you use propaganda like that? Because honestly, that’s what it is. If you were being fair and objective, you would have placed the current flag of the Russian Federation in place of the communist flag, without changing any of the wording. If the speaker, Dr. Murg isn’t aware of this, I think he should be informed, because any desire I might have had to attend this event is lost in the message I received from the poster.
Thank you for your comment, and sorry for the delay in responding – somehow missed it! I’ve forwarded your thoughts to the Director of the Global Affairs Center, Larry Fuell, for follow up. You can also reach out to him at lfuell@shoreline.edu to further the discussion.