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Peter Rutland has taught at Wesleyan since 1989. Before that he taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the University of York and London University in the UK. He has a BA from Oxford and a D. Phil from York. He has also been a visiting professor at Columbia University, and is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

His research interests focus on all things Russian and places “where the Russian boot has trod” (Nicholas II) in the former Soviet Union and the former East Europe. He started off studying workers and the Communist Party, moving on to broader questions of economic policy in the socialist and post-socialist economies. Along the way he developed an interest in nationalism and ethnic conflict.

Since 2013 he has been editor in chief of Nationalities Papers, the journal of the Association for the Study of Nationalities along with serving as associate editor of Russian Review.

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Don’t Write off the Putin-Trump Summit Just Yet – Its Outcome Might Confound Critics

by Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University August 17, 2025

Was the Summit the Dud It Appears to Be? Like many such summits before it, the Aug. 15, 2025, Alaska red carpet rollout for Russian President Vladimir Putin is... Read more.

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Don’t Write off the Putin-Trump Summit Just Yet – Its Outcome Might Confound Critics