Memory Wars as the New Reality

Geopolitics on the Move

There’s a common joke that Russia is a country with an unpredictable past because it rewrites history to fit the present. Paradoxically, this joke is now becoming relevant for much of the world as well. What does the battle for history mean for the present and future? And where will memory wars lead us? Here’s Alexei Miller, Professor of the European University at St. Petersburg, and Thomas Sherlock, Professor at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, on the politics of history and memory.