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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wise policy for United States is to cultivate Cuba, where people honor revolutionary past but look forward to the economic opportunity of free enterprise.
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 experience can help president-elect take advantage of his relationship with Kremlin's leader Vladimir Putin.
Melting Ice Curtain's heady days may be history, but Alaskans and Russians still reach across the divide.
OPINION: A champion of children and health care, Michael Cowper served Alaska with distinction in her time as first lady.
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.
OPINION: Prominent Russian, American citizens aim to keep talking despite icy relations between governments over Ukraine, sanctions.
