The time when Georgetown became Russian

There is often a strong desire for partisanship both in our domestic and global thinking, and Russia is constantly framed as our most vile adversary. There is a long history behind such thinking. Of particular worry has been competition in technology — one can still recall the Russian leadership reputation effects of the space launches of Sputnik and Leica, the spaceship dog. It took the moon landing and the successful north pole transit of the U.S. submarine Nautilus to reassert American advantage.

My research in the Georgetown archives yields evidence that not all Russians are adversaries all the time. One example comes from the Russian years of Georgetown University and the Jesuit religious order which founded it.