Lucian Kim
  • Archives
  • Blogs
  • About
  • Contact

Hungary

Roma Battle Stereotypes, Seek Political Unity

Published August 28, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

“It is a growing trend for young, educated Roma to keep their identity. This is very helpful for the rest of the community. They are people to be proud of.”

Read More

How NATO Really Provoked Putin

Published June 6, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

From the Kremlin’s point of view, it’s infinitely worse to be ignored than to be considered a worthy rival.

Read More

For Europe, the Party’s Over. It’s Not Clear What Comes Next.

Published May 24, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

The promise of Europe is over. Paradoxically, German hubris carries a good deal of the blame.

Read More

Beware Scams Lurking Amid Budapest’s Charms

Published September 28, 2003 in The Boston Globe Leave a comment

Just because men are the exclusive prey of the Budapest’s konzumlanyok, or consumption girls, is no reason for women travelers to let down their guard.

Read More

How Angela Merkel Became the Last Best Hope for European Liberalism

Published January 19, 2016 in Slate Leave a comment

The influx of refugees isn’t a “German problem.” It is the deepest crisis in the EU’s existence — and a fight for the liberal values that define it.

Read More

A European Disaster

Published September 4, 2015 in Slate Leave a comment

A refugee crisis is exposing the cracks in a continent that was supposedly whole and free.

Read More

Budapest Revisits its Recent Horrors

Published April 6, 2003 in The Boston Globe Leave a comment

Few residents would disagree that Budapest’s newest museum, the House of Terror, is haunted. But the ghosts of a turbulent history have not been put to rest.

Read More

Putin’s War on Young People

If Russia is ever to become a country that seeks peace with its neighbors and respects the rights of its own citizens, then such a future depends on Russia’s young people.

Read more

Popular Posts

Fables of the ReconstructionFables of the Reconstruction
The Baddest Town in RussiaThe Baddest Town in Russia
Face Without a ManFace Without a Man

About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I reported from the former Soviet empire for 25 years for NPR, Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg, and others. My first book, Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine, is now available from Columbia University Press.

Read more

© Lucian Kim, 2011-2025. All Rights Reserved.