Russian site of anti-Putin protests has special significance for Alaskans
Khabarovsk’s unlikely role of facing down the Kremlin may surprise the Alaskans who ventured there under the “glasnost” openness of the 1980s.
A rebounding Russia remains optimistic about Alaska relations
Regardless of the squabbling between our national governments, the model of citizen diplomacy pursued by Alaskans and Russians a generation ago can again pay dividends in advancing mutual understanding and reducing tensions today.
3 decades ago, Alaskans helped end the Cold War on ‘Friendship Flight’ to USSR
As American-Russian relations today deteriorate to their most precarious in decades, leaders of both countries should learn from the example set by Alaskan and Russian “citizen diplomats” three decades ago.
Forced closing of Russia’s Seattle consulate will set back U.S.-Russia relations
The collateral damage from the early March poisoning of a Russian spy in London who turned against his country soon will be felt in Alaska.
Forced closing of Russia’s Seattle consulate will set back U.S.-Russia relations
The collateral damage from the early March poisoning of a Russian spy in London who turned against his country soon will be felt in Alaska.
When an off-course U-2 spy plane out of Alaska nearly triggered war
In 1962, Capt. Charles Maultsby piloted a U-2 spy plane from Eielson Air Force Base to the North Pole and mistakenly drifted into Soviet air space at the height of the Cuban missile crisis.
Alaskan on Cuba: Don't return to embargo
Wise policy for United States is to cultivate Cuba, where people honor revolutionary past but look forward to the economic opportunity of free enterprise.
Alaskan on Cuba: Don't return to embargo
Wise policy for United States is to cultivate Cuba, where people honor revolutionary past but look forward to the economic opportunity of free enterprise.
Alaska has lessons for Trump in working with Russia
Alaska experience can help president-elect take advantage of his relationship with Kremlin's leader Vladimir Putin.
Putin policies put a little chill in Alaska-Russia relations
Melting Ice Curtain's heady days may be history, but Alaskans and Russians still reach across the divide.
Michael Cowper was an inspirational leader as Alaska's first lady
OPINION: A champion of children and health care, Michael Cowper served Alaska with distinction in her time as first lady.
Easier Native travel between Alaska and Russia is a thaw and an opportunity
OPINION: A little of the ice curtain across the Bering Straits has melted again, and that's an opportunity to improve U.S.-Russian relations.