

John Connelly
John Connelly is Sydney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches on east Central European history.
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What Makes a Nation?
Russia’s war offers a window on the inner workings of history and offers insight into how nations are formed in Eastern Europe and beyond.
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