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The conflict in Ukraine the world is observing now is nothing new to Anton Liagusha.

When gun-brandishing, Russia-backed separatists took over the Donetsk National University in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2014, the country’s prime minister hastily relocated the school to a new campus in Vinnytsia, 20 hours away by train. Now the disused former diamond cutting factory is the site of a university that is, technically, in exile.

To support Afghan refugees needing to relaunch their careers in the United States, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is inviting scholars and researchers who have recently left Afghanistan to request an academic appointment as visiting scholars.

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Cold War with the United States never ended, said Richard Kauzlarich, a distinguished visiting professor at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.