.Marvin Kalb: This nation right now does not know enough about what is happening inside China. Frightened there might be serious miscalculation that could lead to conflict. Have to learn much more as with Soviet Union then. Watch: brook.gs/2PkrxQC #AssignmentRussia

Thanks for following Marvin Kalb's conversation with EJ Dionne on his new memoir #AssignmentRussia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War. Full video will be available here: brook.gs/2PkrxQC

"I wanted the #book to be an opportunity to share the excitement I felt, anticipating going to Russia, being in Russia, and covering so magnetic a political leader as Nikita Khrushchev." - esteemed journalist Marvin Kalb in his #author Q&A with his daughter Deborah Kalb

Check out the latest book from ISD Board of Advisers member and veteran journalist, Marvin Kalb:

Just listening now to Marvin Kalb reporting on NPR about Novalny’s struggle and legacy. An active journalist with a new book out at 90 years old!

Navalny as martyr? Marvin Kalb echoes themes from his new Brookings Institution Press book on Morning Edition npr.org/2021/04/22/989…

📣 Speaking with NPR, Marvin Kalb said Alexei Navalny, who ended his hunger strike today, is the first dissident w/ social media behind him. "But whether he can take that soft power and translate it into hard power... that is something yet to be written." npr.org/2021/04/22/989…

Starting now - hear about Marvin Kalb's experiences as a foreign correspondent during the height of the Cold War. "There was a wonderful story about Russia that had to be told - a story that's also about America." shorensteincenter.org/event/assignme…

🎧 Listen to Marvin Kalb talk about some big events, personal, national, and international—and about his new book, ”Assignment Russia”—in this endearing podcast with Jay Nordlinger. [National Review] ricochet.com/podcast/q-and-…

Dictators can arrest journalists, but they cannot arrest the flow of information or the push for freedom, which ultimately will drive them from power. #Belarus #Ryanair #RomanProtasevich

Join us at 3pm EST to hear Marvin Kalb discuss his new book #AssignmentRussia with Frank Sesno! Looking forward to cosponsoring this event today with our The Elliott School and SMPA at GW colleagues. Event information and Zoom link here: conta.cc/3f9k7K9

Syria's Assad told visiting SecState Kissinger: "You Americans walked out on the South Vietnamese. You'll give up on Taiwan, and eventually you'll give up on Israel, too."

At this time of national pain, can Biden's critics hold off for a while? Can seekers of cheap political points just cool it, while we remember and thank the 13 US servicemen and women who died in Afghanistan? Please. There will be plenty of time for finger-pointing.

Only for Yankee fans: In despair in recent months, I've returned to baseball, my eternal salvation, better when the Yankees are winning. What in God's name has happened to them btw? They may not make the playoffs, after all. And then what's left but returning to despair?

ONLY FOR YANKEE FANS: if Yankees win wild card game, they then have to face Tampa Bay again, and they're spooked by TB. Awfully hard to beat them. So enjoy the WC day, and hope for better things next year.

Question: Are there still Republicans, such as those who supported Reagan, who can spot the difference between truth and falsehood? And who have the courage to speak up? Please say yes.

Question: if there were ten Republicans in a room, how many would support Cheney, Trump, or Pence for president?

Gorbachev was one of the great men of the 20th century, helping to end Soviet communism and with it the Cold War. With him as leader, Russia would never have invaded Ukraine. He'd have helped it grow.